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      VOLUME
      55
      Issvure.
      12
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      UPEI
      STUDENT
      NEWSPAPER
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Frepruary
      8,
      2005
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      GSA
      Walks
      Out
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Graduate
      Student
      Association
      Takes
      Controversial
      Action
      by
     
     
      Withdrawing
      Representative
      from
      Council
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Matt
      Campbell
     
     
      Reporter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Graduate
      Student
     
     
      Association
      has
      made
      a
      bold
      political
     
     
      move
      by
      withdrawing
      their
      seat
      in
      the
     
     
      UPEISU
      Student
      Council.
      This
      move,
     
     
      however,
      was
      preceded
      by
      8
      months
     
     
      of
      talks
      concerning
      worsening
      relations
     
     
      between
      the
      GSA
      and
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union.
     
    

    
     
      The
      basic
      issue
      behind
      the
     
     
      deterioration
      of
      relations
      started
      when
     
     
      the
      Graduate
      students
      began
      looking
      to
     
     
      renew
      a
      40%
      remittance
      fee
      which
      was
     
     
      enacted
      several
      years
      ago
      between
      the
     
     
      GSA
      and
      the
      Student
      Union.
      What
      this
     
     
      means,
      is
      that
      they
      would
      pay
      student
     
     
      union
      fees
      and
      40%
      would
      then
      be
     
     
      returned
      to
      the
      association.
      This
      has
     
     
      been
      deemed
      a
      form
      of
      compensation
     
     
      due
      in
      part
      because
      these
      students
      are
     
     
      represented
      by
      the
      GSA
      and
      also
     
     
      because
      under
      the
      constitution
      graduate
     
     
      students
      cannot
      vote
      or
      run
      for
      office
      in
     
     
      Student
      Union
      elections.
     
    

    
     
      Joy
      Elliot,
      Vice
      President
     
     
      Executive
      of
      GSA,
      claimed
      that
      a
     
     
      decision
      was
      made
      by
      the
      SU
      President
     
     
      and
      part
      of
      the
      SU
      executive
      to
      cancel
     
     
      remittance
      payments
      to
      the
      GSA.
      Joy
     
     
      Elliot
      and
      her
      colleagues
      believe
      that
      they
     
     
      should
      have
      a
      different
      membership
      than
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      undergraduate
      students
      at
      UPEI.
      She
     
     
      explained,
      “we
      recognize
      fully
      the
     
     
      services
      provided
      for
      us
      by
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union,
      we
      just
      don’t
      feel
      it’s
      fair
      to
      pay
     
     
      the
      same
      fees
      as
      undergraduate
     
     
      students.”
     
    

    
     
      According
      to
      Clare
      Henderson,
     
     
      Student
      Union
      President,
      she
      claims
      that
     
     
      they’re
      dealing
      with
      approximately
     
     
      seventy-four
      full-time
      graduate
      students.
     
     
      Clare
      sharply
      added,
      “the
      remittance
      in
     
     
      2001
      was
      to
      be
      reviewed
      on
      an
      annual
     
     
      basis.
      The
      following
      year
      they
      asked
      for
     
     
      100%.”
     
    

    
     
      Elliot
      flat-out
      denied
      the
     
     
      Henderson’s
      conjecture.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      did
      not
      ask
      for
      100%
      in
     
     
      2002.
      We
      asked
      for
      40%
      and
      received
     
     
      it.
      The
      remittance
      was
      not
      to
      be
     
     
      reviewed
      on
      an
      annual
      basis
      at
      that
      time,
     
     
      there
      was,
      as
      stated
      in
      the
      motion,
      to
      be
     
     
      a
      committee
      formed
      to
      make
      the
     
     
      remittance
      a
      more
      permanent
      fixture.
     
     
      This
      committee
      was
      never
      formed.
      In
     
     
      2003
      we
      received,
      after
      some
     
    
   
   
    
     
      negotiation,
      another
      40%
      remittance.
      In
     
     
      2004,
      we
      were
      told
      there
      would
      be
      no
     
     
      remittance...”
     
    

    
     
      Joy
      continued,
      “we
      have
      no
     
     
      intentions
      of
      a
      100%
      remittance
      while
     
     
      we
      are
      still
      Associate
      members
      within
     
     
      the
      Student
      Union.”
     
    

    
     
      ‘However,
      in
      2004
      GSA
      had
     
     
      asked
      the
      SU
      to
      set
      aside
      100%
      of
      the
     
     
      fees
      in
      case
      GSA
      separated
      from
      the
     
     
      Student
      Union
      before
      September.
     
    

    
     
      “Last
      summer
      the
      GSA
      decided
     
     
      to
      take
      initiatives
      to
      separate
      from
      the
     
     
      SU
      in
      June
      should
      talks
      fail,”
      claimed
     
     
      Elliot.
      The
      was
      an
      vote
      held
      by
      members
     
     
      present
      where
      27
      out
      of
      31
      members
     
     
      voted
      to
      begin
      an
      incorporation
      process,
     
     
      thus,
      following
      the
      road
      to
      severing
      ties
     
     
      with
      the
      UPEISU.
     
    

    
     
      Elliot
      also
      pointed
      out
      that
      there
     
     
      were
      severe
      inconsistencies
      concerning
     
     
      the
      Executive’s
      actions
      and
      the
      SU
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      on
      page
      12