CFS
      web
      site
      centralizes
      home
      services
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Adam
      Grachnik,
      Ottawa
      Bureau
     
     
      OTTAWA
      (CUP)
      -A
      new
      website
      is
     
     
      centralizing
      the
      registration
      of
      home
     
     
      services
      and
      trying
      to
      prevent
      students
     
     
      from
      drowning
      in
      flyers
      companies
     
     
      flood
      campuses
      with
      this
      time
      of
      year.
     
    

    
     
      The
      new
      site,
     
     
      Hookupservices.com,
      is
      a
      joint
      opera-
     
     
      tion
      with
      the
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
     
     
      Students,
      Canada's
      largest
      student
     
     
      lobby
      group.
      The
      site
      literally
      hooks
     
     
      students
      up
      with
      services
      like
     
     
      Internet,
      hydro
      and
      cable
      for
      their
     
     
      pads.
     
    

    
     
      Through
      negotiations
      with
     
     
      companies
      such
      as
      Bell
      and
      Rogers,
     
     
      Web
      site
      officials
      say
      students
      can
     
     
      select
      their
      cities
      online
      and
      are
      pre-
     
     
      sented
      with
      options
      of
      what
      are
      the
     
     
      best
      deals
      available
      in
      their
      area.
      They
     
     
      register
      and
      the
      services
      are
      installed.
     
    

    
     
      This
      venture
      highlights
      a
      dif-
     
     
      ference
      between
      Canada's
      two
      nation-
     
     
      al
      student
      lobby
      groups
      —
      CFS
      and
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      Alliance
      of
      Student
     
     
      Associations.
     
    

    
     
      "Traditionally
      on
      campus
     
     
      there's
      been
      a
      movement
      to
      block
     
     
      companies
      so
      students
      don't
      get
      inun-
     
     
      dated,"
      said
      Cam
      Carver,
      the
      site's
     
     
      director
      of
      operations.
      "I
      say
      let's
      use
     
     
      collective
      power
      to
      get
      better
      deals
     
    
   
   
    
     
      for
      students."
     
    

    
     
      The
      CFS
      owns
      six
      other
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      services,
      including
      Travel
      Cuts,
     
     
      the
      International
      Student
      Identity
     
     
      Card,
      the
      Studentsaver
      Card,
     
     
      Homes4students.com,
      the
      Student
     
     
      Work
      Abroad
      Program
      (SWAP),
      and
     
     
      the
      National
      Student
      Health
      Network.
     
    

    
     
      "Students
      are
      getting
      robbed
     
     
      blind
      by
      for-profit
      companies,"
      said
     
     
      CFS
      National
      Chairperson
      Ian
      Boyko,
     
     
      adding
      that
      Travel
      Cuts
      is
      the
      only
     
     
      for-profit
      corporation
      CFS
      operates.
     
    

    
     
      Boyko
      said
      the
      approach
      of
     
     
      CFS
      is
      to
      offer
      students
      cost-saving
     
     
      services,
      and
      to
      lobby
      government.
     
    

    
     
      "We
      want
      to
      make
      student
      life
     
     
      easier
      on
      a
      day
      to
      day
      basis,"
      he
      said.
     
    

    
     
      As
      the
      CFS
      launches
      another
     
     
      student
      service
      in
      their
      growing
      arse-
     
     
      nal,
      the
      Canadian
      Alliance
      of
      Student
     
     
      Associations
      say
      they're
      not
      interested
     
     
      in
      owning
      businesses,
      just
      lobbying
     
     
      government.
     
    

    
     
      "We've
      decided
      to
      do
      one
      thing
      and
     
     
      do
      it
      well,"
      said
      Rob
      South,
      CASA's
     
     
      government
      relations
      coordinator.
      He
     
     
      pointed
      towards
      the
      last
      federal
      budg-
     
     
      et,
      which,
      he
      said,
      included
      some
     
     
      CASA
      policies,
      including
      allowing
     
     
      students
      to
      earn
      more
      income
      before
     
     
      it
      counts
      against
      their
      loan
      eligibility.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPE]
      Student
      Union
      By-Elections
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      seems
      as
      though
      elections
      on
      PEI
      are
      contagious.
      Not
      only
      do
     
     
      we
      have
      impending
      Provincial
      and
      Municipal
      elections,
      but
      soon
      Island
     
     
      political
      leaders
      will
      have
      to
      fight
      for
      space
      for
      election
      signs
      with
      candi-
     
     
      dates
      running
      in
      the
      Student
      Union
      By-Election,
      called
      for
      October
      Ist
     
     
      and
      2nd
      by
      a
      unanimous
      decision
      from
      Student
      Council.
      Held
      to
      fill
     
     
      vacant
      positions
      on
      Council,
      By-Elections
      are
      traditionally
      low-key
      com-
     
     
      pared
      to
      the
      general
      elections
      held
      in
      March
      of
      each
      year.
      This
      year,
      how-
     
     
      ever,
      proves
      to
      be
      different
      as
      a
      large
      number
      of
      candidates
      have
      regis-
     
     
      tered
      themselves
      for
      the
      11
      remaining
      seats.
      Further,
      the
      elected
      Executive
     
     
      Vice
      President
      resigned
      over
      the
      summer
      to
      pursue
      studies
      in
      law,
      opening
     
     
      the
      door
      for
      a
      new
      second
      in
      command.
      By
      closing
      of
      nominations
      last
     
     
      Friday,
      four
      candidates
      stepped
      forward
      with
      their
      nomination
      papers:
     
     
      Aimee
      Arsenault,
      Jeff
      Grandy,
      Nick
      MacDonald,
      and
      Nick
      Policelli.
      Good
     
    
   
   
    
     
      luck
      to
      all
      candidates.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Brandon
      MacKenzie,
      SU
      President
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .:page
      [18]
      September
      15,
      2003:.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      South
      said
      he
      respects
      that
      the
     
     
      CFS
      has
      a
      different
      vision
      and
      wished
     
     
      them
      luck.
     
    

    
     
      Hookupservices.com
      says
     
     
      they
      make
      money
      each
      time
      a
      student
     
     
      signs
      up
      and
      the
      money
      is
      filtered
     
     
      down
      to
      the
      CFS
      and
      other
      involved
     
     
      parties.
      Carver
      wouldn't
      discuss
      rev-
     
     
      enue,
      but
      said
      a
      "very
      small"
      portion
     
     
      from
      each
      activation
      fee
      is
      earned.
     
    

    
     
      "We
      work
      with
      CFS
      and
      have
     
     
      students
      in
      mind.
      We're
      making
      sure
     
     
      we
      have
      access
      to
      the
      best
      offers,"
      he
     
     
      said,
      when
      asked
      how
      students
      can
      be
     
     
      sure
      that
      they're
      being
      offered
      the
      best
     
     
      deals,
      not
      the
      provider
      that
      pays
      the
     
     
      company
      the
      most
      money.
     
    

    
     
      Carver
      said
      it's
      been
      difficult
     
     
      earning
      corporations’
      confidence
      in
     
     
      the
      site,
      because
      traditionally
      students
     
    
   
   
    
     
      are
      known
      to
      have
      bad
      credit
      or
      repu-
     
     
      tations
      for
      not
      paying
      bills.
      He
     
     
      explained
      that
      corporations
      must
     
     
      know
      that
      if
      they
      treat
      students
      well
     
     
      now,
      they'll
      be
      customers
      for
      life.
     
    

    
     
      The
      site
      is
      operational
      in
     
     
      Ontario
      and
      officials
      are
      working
      to
     
     
      have
      the
      rest
      of
      the
      country
      hooked
     
     
      up
      soon.
      In
      some
      areas
      where
      services
     
     
      aren't
      finalized
      like
      in
      rural
     
     
      Saskatchewan
      or
      Manitoba,
      students
     
     
      are
      presented
      with
      a
      database
      of
      the
     
     
      options
      available
      to
      them.
     
    

    
     
      A
      former
      Dalhousie
     
     
      University
      student,
      Carver
      is
      also
      the
     
     
      creator
      of
      Home4students.com,
      which
     
     
      he
      sold
      to
      the
      CFS
      a
      year
      ago.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Welcome
     
     
      Bienvenue
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      another
      school
      year
     
     
      underway,
      I
      would
      like
      to
     
     
      take
      this
      opportunity
      to
     
     
      welcome
      all
      of
      you
      to
      the
     
     
      beautiful
      University
      of
     
     
      Prince
      Edward
      Island.
     
    

    
     
      By
      taking
      the
      initiative
      to
     
     
      pursue
      your
      education,
      you
     
     
      are
      not
      only
      investing
      in
     
     
      your
      future,
      but
      also
      in
      the
     
     
      future
      of
      our
      country.
      So
     
     
      have
      fun,enjoy
      the
     
     
      experience
      while
      you
      can
     
     
      and
      good
      luck
      with
      your
     
     
      studies.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Wayne
      Easter,
      P.C.,
      M.P
     
     
      Solicitor
      General
      of
      Canada
      and
     
     
      Member
      of
      Parliament
      for
      Malpeque