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      National
      news
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tobin’s
      cash
      injection
      means
     
     
      tuition
      freeze
      for
      Memorial
      University
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      JEFF
      POWER
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ST.
      JOHN’S
      (CUP)
      --
      The
     
     
      Newfoundland
      government
     
     
      dished
      out
      almost
      $12
      million
     
     
      for
      post-secondary
      education
     
     
      last
      week,
      paving
      the
      way
      for
     
     
      a
      two-year
      tuition
      freeze
      for
     
     
      students
      at
      the
      province’s
      only
     
     
      university.
     
    

    
     
      Memorial
      University
      will
     
     
      get
      an
      extra
      $7
      million
      for
      its
     
     
      operating
      grant
      while
      the
      re-
     
     
      maining
      $4.9
      million
      will
      go
      to
     
     
      the
      College
      of
      the
      North
      At-
     
     
      lantic,
      Newfoundland’s
      public
     
     
      college
      system.
     
    

    
     
      Newfoundland
      Premier
     
     
      Brian
      Tobin
      announced
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      new
      money
      at
      a
      Jan.
      14
      news
     
     
      conference,
      prompting
      media
     
     
      analysts
      and
      opposition
      lead-
     
     
      ers
      to
      call
      the
      move
      a
      case
      of
     
     
      pre-election
      spending.
     
    

    
     
      “It
      is
      time
      to
      begin...
     
     
      reinvesting
      in
      these
      institutions
     
     
      now
      that
      efficiencies
      have
     
     
      been
      found,”
      Tobin
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “They’
      ve
      all
      played
      their
     
     
      part
      in
      restraint
      for
      the
      first
     
     
      two
      or
      three
      years
      of
      this
      gov-
     
     
      ernment’s
      plan
      and
      now
      it’s
     
     
      time
      --
      prudently
      --
      to
      re-in-
     
     
      vest.”
     
    

    
     
      Memorial
      responded
      to
     
     
      the
      news
      Friday
      by
      officially
     
    
   
   
    
     
      endorsing
      a
      tuition-freeze
      for
     
     
      the
      next
      two
      years.
     
    

    
     
      Currently
      set
      at
      $99
      mil-
     
     
      lion,
      the
      university’s
      budget
      is
     
     
      now
      guaranteed
      to
      stay
      at
      $106
     
     
      million
      for
      the
      next
      two
      years.
     
    

    
     
      Since
      1994,
      the
      provin-
     
     
      cial
      government
      had
      cut
      its
     
     
      payments
      to
      Memorial
      by
      $19.6
     
     
      million.
     
    

    
     
      University
      officials
      hailed
     
     
      the
      cash
      injection
      as
      “the
      best
     
     
      birthday
      present”
      Memorial
     
     
      could
      receive
      for
      its
      50th
      anni-
     
     
      versary
      year.
     
    

    
     
      “I’m
      particularly
      pleased
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pepsi
      ups
      the
      price
      of
     
     
      pop
      at
      U
      of
      M
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      JEREMY
      NELSON
     
     
      WINNIPEG
      (CUP)
      --
      Stu-
     
     
      dents
      at
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Manitoba
      have
      been
      hit
      with
     
     
      an
      increase
      in
      the
      price
      of
     
     
      pop
      on
      campus
      under
      the
     
     
      school’s
      exclusivity
      deal
      with
     
     
      PepsiCo.
     
     
      When
      they
      returned
      to
     
     
      campus
      after
      the
      winter
     
     
      s-mpnemnstgel
      cmap
      diheniligertoaeadt
      dette
     
     
      Sumner
      Camp
      Jobs
     
     
      in
      the
      U.S.A,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Visas
      Arranged
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lakeside
      Residential
      Girls
     
     
      Camp
      in
      Maine
     
     
      Counselors.
      Combined
      child
     
     
      care/teaching.
      Gymnastics,
     
     
      tennis,
      swim,
      3ail,
      canoe,
      water
     
     
      ski,
      arts
      (including
      stained
      glass,
     
     
      sewing,
      jewelry,
      wood,
      photo),
     
     
      dance,
      music,
      theater,
      archery,
     
     
      wilderness
      trips,
      field
      sports,
     
     
      equest-rian.
      Visas
      available
      to
      all
     
    

    
     
      qualified
      applicants.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Service
      workers.
      Maintenance,
     
     
      driver,
      office,
      kitchen
      ‘including
     
     
      assist.
      chef).
      Visas
      restricted
      to
     
     
      students
      enrolled
      in
      university
     
     
      for
      fall
      ‘99.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Non-smokers.
      June
      19
      to
      Aug
      26.
     
     
      Send
      resume
      ‘C.V.j:
      Kippewa,
     
     
      Box
      340,
      Westwood,
      Massa-
     
     
      chusetts
      02090-0340
      U.S.A.,;
     
     
      kippewaGtiac.net;
      woice+781)
      762-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      8291;
      fax!
      781/255-7167.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      break,
      they
      found
      the
      cost
      of
     
     
      a600-mililitre
      bottle
      of
      Pepsi
     
     
      had
      risen
      by
      25
      cents
      to
     
     
      $1.50.
     
    

    
     
      The
      change
      has
      some
     
     
      students
      complaining
      the
      cost
     
     
      of
      quenching
      their
      thirst
      has
     
     
      gone
      too
      far.
     
    

    
     
      The
      price
      hike
      came
     
     
      days
      after
      a
      two-year
      price
     
     
      freeze
      agreed
      to
      by
      Pepsi
     
     
      and
      the
      U
      of
      M
      expired.
     
    

    
     
      Now,
      the
      cola
      giant
      is
     
     
      free
      to
      charge
      whatever
      it
     
     
      wants
      at
      its
      vending
      ma-
     
     
      chines
      on
      campus,
      while
     
     
      university
      businesses
      and
     
     
      food
      providers
      can
      choose
     
     
      whether
      or
      not
      to
      keep
      pace
     
     
      with
      the
      increases.
     
    

    
     
      Debbie
      McCallum,
     
     
      vice-president
      of
      ancillary
     
     
      services
      with
      the
      U
      of
      M,
     
     
      says
      the
      new
      price
      was
      in-
     
     
      evitable
      because
      of
      rising
     
     
      costs.
     
    

    
     
      “Pepsi’s
      costs
      have
     
     
      been
      going
      up
      so
      they
      felt
     
     
      they
      had
      no
      alternative
      but
     
     
      to
      raise
      the
      price,”
      she
      said.
     
    

    
     
      She
      added
      that
      the
      food
     
     
      services
      operated
      by
      U
      of
     
     
      M
      followed
      suit
      because
      they
     
    
   
   
    
     
      suffered
      under
      the
      price
     
     
      freeze.
     
    

    
     
      Most
      universities
     
     
      across
      the
      country
      now
     
     
      charge
      $1.50
      for
      a
      bottle
      of
     
     
      Coke
      or
      Pepsi,
      however
     
     
      many
      also
      sell
      cans
      at
      re-
     
     
      duced
      rates.
     
    

    
     
      At
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Victoria
      and
      the
      University
     
     
      of
      Regina,
      cans
      of
      pop
      are
     
     
      sold
      for
      $1.10
      --
      a
      price
      that
     
     
      wasn’t
      an
      option
      when
      U
      of
     
     
      M
      signed
      its
      deal
      with
      Pepsi,
     
     
      said
      McCallum.
     
    

    
     
      “When
      we
      did
      the
      con-
     
     
      tract
      with
      Pepsi
      we
      tried
      to
     
     
      maintain
      the
      option
      to
      sell
     
     
      cans,
      but
      at
      that
      time
      they
     
     
      weren’t
      prepared
      to
      do
      the
     
     
      deal
      with
      us
      if
      we
      did
      that,”
     
     
      she
      said.
     
    

    
     
      The
      University
      of
     
     
      Manitoba
      and
      the
      student
     
     
      union
      signed
      a
      10-year
     
     
      agreement
      with
      Pepsi
      in
     
     
      December
      1997.
      The
      agree-
     
     
      ment
      gave
      Pepsi
      exclusive
     
     
      distribution
      rights
      at
      the
      U
      of
     
     
      M
      in
      exchange
      for
      an
      undis-
     
     
      closed
      sum
      paid
      to
      the
      uni-
     
     
      versity
      and
      the
      student
      un-
     
     
      ion.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Cadre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      for
      our
      students,”
      said
      Memo-
     
     
      rial
      president
      Art
      May.
     
    

    
     
      “Their
      fees
      have
      been
     
     
      increasing
      over
      the
      past
     
     
      number
      of
      years
      and
      we
      were
     
     
      very
      concerned
      about
      the
      im-
     
     
      pact
      that
      was
      having
      on
      ac-
     
     
      cessibility
      and
     
    

    
     
      student
      debt
      loads.”
     
    

    
     
      May
      added
      the
      money
     
     
      would
      allow
      Memorial
      to
      be
     
     
      “the
      lowest
      cost
      (university)
      in
     
     
      Atlantic
      Canada
      .
      .
      .
      (and)
     
     
      that’s
      a
      place
      where
      we
      want
     
     
      to‘
      beoa™
     
    

    
     
      Students
      attending
      the
     
     
      College
      of
      the
      North
      Atlantic
     
     
      will
      also
      no
      longer
      have
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ,
      worry
      about
      tuition
      increases,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      says
      Vince
      Withers,
      chairman
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      the
      college’s
      governing
     
     
      board.
     
    

    
     
      “(The
      College
      was)
      go-
     
     
      ing
      to
      have
      to
      increase
      our
     
     
      tuition
      fees,
      in
      the
      next
      two
     
     
      years,
      by
      between
      20
      and
      30
     
    
   
   
    
     
      '|
      percent,”
      he
      said,
      but
      that
      will
     
    
   
   
    
     
      no
      longer
      happen.
     
    

    
     
      But
      while
      government
     
     
      and
      university
      officials
      were
     
     
      pleased
      with
      the
      money,
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      leaders
      say
      more
      is
      still
     
     
      needed.
     
    

    
     
      Dale
      Kirby,
      chair
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ¢
      19
      January
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Newfoundland
      and
      Labrador
     
     
      Federation
      of
      Students,
      says
     
     
      while
      he
      is
      glad
      the
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      is
      doing
      something,
      he
     
     
      doesn’t
      see
      how
      the
      announce-
     
     
      ment
      will
      help
      relieve
      high
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      debt
      loads.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      $12
      million
      the
      gov-
     
     
      ernment
      is
      reinvesting
      in
      post-
     
     
      secondary
      education
      falls
      short
     
     
      of
      the
      reinstatement
      of
      fund-
     
     
      ing
      to
      pre-1994
      levels
      that
     
     
      Newfoundland
      students
      have
     
     
      asked
      for,”
      he
      séid.
     
    

    
     
      Kirby
      says
      students
      need
     
     
      five
      times
      the
      money
      the
      gov-
     
     
      ernment
      is
      currently
      offering
     
     
      to
      offset
      the
      250
      per
      cent
      in-
     
     
      crease
      in
      tuition
      fees
      over
      the
     
     
      last
      decade
      “(It’s)
      a
      start,
      but
     
     
      it’s
      only
      that,”
      he
      said.
      “It’s
      not
     
     
      ground-breaking.”
     
    

    
     
      Brett
      Dawe,
      a
      vice-presi-
     
     
      dent
      with
      Memorial’s
      student
     
     
      union,
      says
      he
      was
      “generally
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pleased
      with
      the
      tuition
     
     
      ze.”
      But
      he
      agrees
      with
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kirby
      that
      there
      is
      nothingnew
     
     
      to
      address
      student
      debt.
     
    

    
     
      “In
      the
      end,
      this
      is
      a
     
     
      Band-Aid
      solution
      to
      a
      much
     
     
      larger
      problem
      that
      is
      there,”
     
     
      Dawe
      said.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Computers
     
     
      a-okay
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      from
      page
      3
     
     
      said.
     
    

    
     
      As
      for
      whether
      or
      not
     
     
      the
      changes
      are
      temporary,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cunningham
      explained
      that.
     
     
      |
      another
      upgrading
      will
      take
     
    
   
   
    
     
      place
      in
      February,
      this
      time
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      '
      alevel
      four.
      “This
      newer
      tech-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      nology
      will
      be
      permanent...
      the
     
     
      _
      reason
      that
      another
      upgrading
     
    
   
   
    
     
      has
      to
      take
      place
      after
      this
      is
     
     
      that
      right
      now
      the
      computers
     
     
      are
      unable
      to
      upgrade
      past
      a
     
     
      version
      three.”
     
    

    
     
      Cunningham
      continued
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      the
      recent
      improvements
     
     
      in
      December
      cost
      less
      than
     
     
      $7,000.
      This
      amount
      covers
     
     
      the
      cost
      of
      the
      new
      hardware,
     
     
      as
      well
      as
      the
      usual
      member-
     
     
      ship
      fees
      which
      have
      to
      be
     
     
      paid
      by
      the
      university
      yearly.
     
    

    
     
      Despite
      all
      the
      recent
     
     
      improvements
      made
      to
      the
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      server,
      it
      still
      is
      a
      good
     
     
      idea
      to
      havea
      back-up
      plan
      for
     
     
      major
      assignments.
      Compu-
     
     
      ter
      Services
      advises
      keeping
      a
     
     
      copy
      ofassignments
      on
      disk
      as
     
     
      well
      as
      on
      your
      personal
      ac-
     
     
      count.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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