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      The
      Panther
      Prints
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sept
      17,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Memorial
      to
      Charge
      Senior
      Citizens
      Tuition
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Craig
      Babstock
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ST.
      JOHN'S,
      Nfld.
     
     
      (CUP)
      --
      For
      the
      first
      time
     
     
      in
      22
      years,
      Memorial
      Uni-
     
     
      versity
      will
      charge
      senior
     
     
      citizens
      tuition
      .
     
    

    
     
      The
      university
      used
     
     
      to
      let
      anyone
      over
      the
      age
     
     
      of
      60
      take
      courses
      for
      free
     
     
      but
      changed
      that
      policy
      this
     
     
      summer
      blaming
      budget
     
     
      cuts
      for
      the
      decision.
     
    

    
     
      "It
      was
      a
      response
      to
     
     
      a
      funding
      crisis,"
      said
      uni-
     
     
      versity
      spokesman
      Peter
     
     
      Morris.
     
    

    
     
      Morris’
      said
      _
      it
     
     
      wouldn't
      be
      fair
      to
      offer
     
     
      free
      courses
      to
      seniors
     
     
      while
      tuition
      fees
      are
      in-
     
     
      creasing
      for
      everybody
     
     
      else.
     
    

    
     
      About
      40
      students
     
     
      over
      the
      age
      of
      60
      attended
     
     
      Memorial
      last
      year,
      with
     
     
      90
      percent
      of
      them
      taking
     
     
      only
      one
      course.
      —
     
    

    
     
      The
      new
      policy
      will
     
     
      save
      the
      university
      about
     
     
      $20,000
      a
      year.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "It's
      the
      little
      things
      ~
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      have
      to
      be
      done
      to
      make
     
     
      the
      bigger
      picture,
      it
      all
      adds
     
     
      up,"
      Morris
      said.
      "Unfor-
     
     
      tunately,
      the
      things
      we've
     
     
      done
      traditionally
      we
      can't
     
     
      afford
      to
      do
      anymore."
     
    

    
     
      Memorial's
      funding
     
     
      was
      cut
      by
      $12
      million
      this
     
     
      year.
     
    

    
     
      Student
      council
     
     
      President
      Robert
      Mendoza,
     
     
      who
      sits
      on
      the
      university's
     
     
      Board
      of
      Regents,
      said
      the
     
     
      proposal
      came
      about
      after
     
     
      the
      university's
      president
     
    
   
   
    
     
      received
      a
      letter
      from
      asen-
     
     
      ior
      who
      felt
      it
      was
      wrong
     
     
      that
      she
      did
      not
      have
      to
      pay
     
     
      tuition
      while
      other
      students
     
     
      did.
     
    

    
     
      Since
      the
      announce-
     
     
      ment
      Memorial's
      adminis-
     
     
      tration
      has
      received
      about
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      half-dozen
      letters
      from
     
     
      seniors
      expressing
      disap-
     
     
      pointment.
     
    

    
     
      Student
      councillor
     
     
      Reg
      Porter
      is
      upset
      with
     
     
      the
      decision
      to
      charge
      sen-
     
     
      iors
      tuition.
     
    

    
     
      "I
      don't
      agree
      with
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It's
      cruel,"
      he
      said.
     
    

    
     
      "My
      grandparents
     
     
      had
      to
      work
      extremely
      hard
     
     
      their
      entire
      lives,
      and
      they
     
     
      paid
      their
      share
      of
      taxes
     
     
      which
      helped
      to
      build
      this
     
     
      university.
      The
      least
      we
      can
     
     
      do
      for
      these
      people
      is
      give
     
    
   
   
    
     
      them
      the
      opportunity
      to
      go
     
     
      to
      university
      free
      of
     
     
      charge."
     
    

    
     
      "That
      kind
      of
      jump
     
     
      in
      tuition
      for
      these
      people
     
     
      doesn't
      show
      much
      respect
     
     
      for
      them,"
      he
      said.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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