formula
      set
      by
      the
      PEI
      government.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Normally,
      after
      a
      student
      calculates
      their
      ‘‘need’’
     
     
      (expenses
      minus
      resources)
      the
      first
      $2600
      comes
     
     
      from
      the
      Canada
      Students
      Loan
      Program.
      The
      next
     
     
      $2200
      comes
      from
      the
      PEI
      Bursary
      Program
      and,
      if
     
     
      necessary,
      a
      further
      $760
      Canada
      Student
      Loan
      is
     
     
      available.
      The
      amount
      a
      student
      receives
      is
      subjected
     
     
      to
      approval
      by
      provincial
      officials.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Unfortunately
      there
      has
      not
      been
      an
      adequate
      increase
     
     
      in
      student
      loans
      since
      1984.
      Costs
      for
      university
     
     
      have
      jumped
      substantially
      since
      then
      according
      to
     
     
      figures
      obtained
      from
      the
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
     
     
      Students:
     
    

    
     
      -
      Tuition
      fees
      at
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
     
     
      Island
      since
      1985
      have
      increased
      by
      more
      than
      58
      per
     
     
      cent,
      from
      $1340
      to
      $2120.
     
    

    
     
      -
      Room
      and
      board
      at
      UPEI
      from
      1985
      to
      1990
      has
     
     
      increased
      by
      more
      than
      one-third,
      from
      $2993
      to
     
     
      $3989.
     
    

    
     
      -
      Student
      fees
      for
      student
      union,
      athletic,
      health,
      and
     
     
      other
      services
      from
      1985
      to
      1990
      have
      increased
      by
     
     
      more
      than
      38
      percent,
      from
      $153
      to
      $212.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘*Student
      loan
      levels
      clearly
      have
      not
      been
      keeping
     
     
      pace
      with
      students’
      cost
      of
      living,’’
      says
      Catherine
     
     
      Callbeck,
      Malpeque
      MP,
      ‘‘Itis
      unfair
      that
      students
     
     
      should
      have
      to
      pay
      more
      to
      get
      less.’’
      Ms.
      Callbeck
     
     
      plans
      to
      table
      a
      motion
      in
      Parliament
      calling
      for
      an
     
     
      increase
      in
      Canada
      Student
      Loan
      allowance.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Let
      us
      take
      an
      example
      ofa
      UPEI
      student:
     
    

    
     
      -
      This
      person
      is
      a
      mature
      student
      in
      4th
      year
      with
      a
     
     
      son
      in
      daycare.
      (Daycare
      fees
      have
      risen
      $20.00/
     
     
      month)
     
    

    
     
      -He/she
      is
      taking
      a
      full
      load
      of
      classes
      in
      both
     
     
      semesters.
     
    

    
     
      -He/she
      has
      received
      the
      full
      student
      loan
      available,
     
     
      $5560.
     
    

    
     
      -Tuition
      though
      has
      risen
      $32/class.
     
    

    
     
      -Books
      have
      risen
      with
      inflation
      and
      7%
      GST
      has
     
     
      been
      tacked
      on
      since
      January,
      1991.
     
    

    
     
      -The
      3%
      processing
      fee
      at
      the
      bank
      (payable
      in
     
     
      advance)
      is
      $103.00.
     
    

    
     
      -Health
      care
      and
      student
      union
      fees
      have
      risen
      from
     
     
      $50.00
      ($100.00
      for
      family)
      to
      $199.00.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Rough
      estimate
      has
      this
      person
      paying
      another
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $800.00
      this
      school
      year
      for
      school
      attendance.
      This,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      course,
      does
      not
      take
      into
      consideration
      the
     
     
      inflationary
      rise
      in
      consumer
      goods
      for
      the
     
     
      necessities
      of
      life
      or
      the
      7%
      GST
      also
      tacked
      onto
     
     
      them.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      single
      parent,
      as
      many
      of
      the
      university
      students
     
     
      are
      nowadays,
      does
      not
      have
      all
      those
      extra
      hours
      to
     
     
      be
      working
      to
      subsidize
      this
      large
      difference.
      He/she
     
     
      also
      does
      not
      usually
      have
      a
      family
      to
      count
      on
      for
     
     
      the
      difference.
      So
      where
      do
      these
      students
      end
      up?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      i
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Today
      the
      workforce
      has
      become
      more
      and
      more
     
     
      specialized
      requiring
      one
      and
      sometimes
      two
      degrees.
     
     
      Yet
      Mulroney
      has
      penny
      pinched
      these
      people
      to
      the
     
     
      point
      of
      starvation.
      He
      is
      in
      such
      arush
      to
      wipe
      out
     
     
      the
      Welfare
      State
      yet
      his
      policies
      are
      creating
      welfare
     
     
      situations.
      We,
      the
      students,
      are
      a
      large
      body
      of
     
     
      voters
      in
      this
      country.
      It
      is
      time
      we
      stood
      up
      and
     
     
      were
      counted.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Kate.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      a
      business
      student,
      I
      am
      appalled
      at
      the
      state
      of
     
     
      the
      Business
      lounge.
      To
      my
      knowledge,
      the
      Business
     
     
      Faculty
      is
      one
      of
      the
      biggest,
      if
      not
      the
      biggest
     
     
      faculty
      on
      campus,
      and
      yet
      it
      has
      the
      worst
      looking
     
     
      lounge
      oncampus.
      First
      of
      all,
      the
      furniture
      in
      the
     
     
      lounge
      has
      yet
      to
      be
      desired,
      the
      mustered
      brown-
     
     
      biege
      creations
      does
      not
      do
      anything
      for
      the
      lounge
      at
     
     
      all.
      Not
      only
      is
      the
      furniture
      ugly
      and
      uncomfortable,
     
     
      but
      they
      reek
      of
      cigarette
      smoke
      and
      who
      knows
      waht
     
     
      else,
      which
      brings
      me
      to
      another
      point.
      It
      appears
     
     
      that
      some
      business
      students
      who
      smoke
      have
      blatant
     
     
      disregard
      for
      those
      business
      students
      who
      do
      not
     
     
      smoke.
      These
      smokers
      appear
      not
      to
      think
      about
     
     
      ‘‘lighting
      up’’
      regardless
      if
      there
      are
      non
      smokers
      in
     
     
      the
      vicinity.
      I
      have
      found
      because
      of
      the
      stench
      of
     
     
      the
      cigarette
      smoke,
      a
      lot
      of
      Business
      students
      prefer
     
     
      to
      use
      other
      student
      lounges
      and/or
      classrooms.
     
     
      I
      think
      it’s
      an
      awful
      shame
      that
      as
      the
      biggest
      faculty
     
     
      on
      campus
      the
      School
      of
      Business
      does
      not
      have
      a
     
     
      student
      lounge
      to
      be
      proud
      of.
      and
      society
      members
      ~
     
     
      who
      do
      not
      seem
      to
      care.
      |
      think
      thatitmustbea
      —
     
     
      disadvantage
      to
      the
      Business
      Society
      when
      most
     
     
      business
      students
      would
      rather
      be
      elsewhere
      than
      in
     
     
      their
      own
      department,
      getting
      together,
      having
     
     
      meetings
      and
      studying.
      You
      can
      see
      from
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      19,
      1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
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