SPEcTNL ISSDE: _ I 
     
     — WHAT IS THE FUTURE OFP.E.I.? 
     
    
   
   
    
     — CAN TTTE .PTToPoSED $100.06 DATSE  TDTToNTTND TEES BE JUSTIFIED? 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     _ WHEN no. WE GET pnTTNTNcTAESTDDENT NTDEi \ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     "IT WILL BE OUR UNI- 
     
     VERSITY AND OUR PROGRAM— 
     
     FOR THE ISLAND. A UNIVER. 
     
     SITY THAT CAN GROW AS WE 
     
     GROW, AND ONE THAT ALL 
     
     ISLANDERS CAN SUPPORT, 
     
     UTILIZE. AND CHERISH." 
     
    
   
   
    
     — A. E. CAMPBELL 
     
     APRIL 2. 1968 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     VOL. 1, No. 10 
     
    
   
   
    
     NDN-DESIDENT STUDENTS: $115.30 Dxtm 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     “I would suggest, Mr. Speaker, and through you to the 
     
     members of this House and to the citizens of our Province, that 
     
     we cannot be content to remain just as we are. Our position 
     
     is not good enough now, and is not good enough for our children! 
     
     I firmly believe that our Province is now at the point in its 
     
     history where the Province must decide to break the chains of 
     
     the past, and make a bold, imaginative and courageous thrust 
     
     into the future.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     —Premier Campbell 
     
    
   
   
    
     Policy Statement on Post-Secondary Education, 
     
     April 2, 1968. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WHAT THE PDDPTTSEDEEETNSDENSES MEAN To YOU 
     
     RESIDENT STUDENTS:  5.30, em 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     “THIS GOVERNMENT HAS 
     
     NO WISH TO DEVELOP EDUCA. 
     
     TIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR 
     
     POLITICAL PURPOSES: NOR 
     
     DO WE HAVE ANY INTENTION 
     
     T0 ASSUME THE RESPONSI- 
     
     BILITY OF RUNNING OUR UNI. 
     
     VERSITIES. THIS IS NOT THE 
     
     BUSINESS OR THE RESPONSI- 
     
     BILITY OF GOVERNMENT." 
     
    
   
   
    
     — POLICY STATEMENT ON 
     
     POST-SECONDARY 
     
     APRIL 2, 1968 
     
    
   
   
    
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     JANUARY 21, 1969 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The following is a breakdown 
     
    
   
   
    
      of the extra costs next year: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rental fee to be paid by student union $ 10,000.00 
     
     Athletic fee, $10 per student $ 17,000.00 
     
     Tuition fee increase, $100 per student $170,000.00 
     
    
   
   
    
     Residence fee increase, $100 per student 
     
    
   
   
    
     Further extra costs for some students: 
     
     $10 parking fee 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘if‘Bus transportation about 25 
     
    
   
   
    
     I . cents per ride to classes or 
     
      res1dence downtown. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     5— editorial — 
     
    
   
   
    
     The future of the University of Prince Ed a d I l ' 
     
     shadowed in doubts, rumors and fears. W r S and IS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The possibility that UPEI will be phased out over the 
     
     next five or ten years is recognized by many officials in the 
     
     post-secondary education game. In five years Holland College 
     
     is expected to be larger than the university; possibly UPEI 
     
     will have become a liberal arts wing of the college. This year 
     
     the per caplta subsidy given to Holland College students is 
     
     more than double that given UPEI students — $3, 750 to 1,731. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We are pleased that the college should prosper, but not at the 
     
     expense of the university. 
     
    
   
   
    
     If we can’t afford a good university on Prince Edward 
     
     Island, let’s not have one at all. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We don’t feel that most people on P.E.I. can afford the 
     
     extra costs that are scheduled to be imposed next year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     And are we getting our money’s worth now? The facili- 
     
     ties offered by way of residence accommodation (including 
     
     food), vary considerably. Some students get better food than 
     
     others. Some get better rooms than others. A figure of $625 
     
     has been quoted as the amount that each student in residence 
     
     is subsidized. Obviously a person living in Bernadine or Monty 
     
     is subsidized more than a person living in Dalton or Main. 
     
     But everyone pays the same. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Some departments like Sociology and Psychology are in 
     
     dire need of more, and in some cases better qualified staff. 
     
    
   
   
    
     And next year it appears that you will be paying more 
     
     and getting less. We have heard that no capital expenditures 
     
     are planned, that departmental budgets are being cut, that 
     
     the student to faculty ratio is going to rise and that students 
     
     will have to pay for varsity athletics. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Some comparisons with other universities: Memorial Uni- 
     
     versity in Nfld. has a tuition of $500 and a residence fee of 
     
     $700; University of Victoria has tuition of $429 and a resi- 
     
     dence fee of $682; University of Winnipeg has a tuition of 
     
     $425 and a residence fee of $611. Although there are more 
     
     expensive universities than UPEI students there get more for 
     
     their money and are more able to pay higher fees because of 
     
     government aid. Our cost imbalance must be rectified. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Here is the resolution passed by the students Monday 
     
     night; “Moved that the university of P.E.I. student body wait 
     
     until Premier Campbell and the university administration give 
     
     the facts relevant to the fee increases. After receiving these 
     
     facts, the students Wil analyze them and decide upon subse- 
     
     quent action if any. We also affirm our belief that education 
     
     is a right and not a privilege.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Students must be prepared to insist on concrete and? rea- 
     
     listic answers to these questions. We have had enough of 
     
     wishy-washiness and evasions. 
     
    
   
   
    
     -—The Editors.