SU
      President
      Fears
      Students
      may
      be
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Punished
      in
      Faculty
      Deal
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Prez
      fears
      deal
      will
      increase
      costs
      that
      will
      result
      in
      increased
     
     
      tuition
      or
      program
      cuts
      to
      programs
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      President
      Brandon
      MacKenzie
      _
     
     
      welcomes
      the
      improvement
      in
     
     
      negotiations
      between
      the
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      administration
      and
      the
      faculty
     
     
      association,
      but
      warned
      "I
      am
     
     
      worried
      about
      the
      implications
      a
     
     
      deal
      will
      have
      on
      the
      UPEI
      budg-
     
     
      et
      and
      the
      spill-over
      onto
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      tuition."
     
    

    
     
      There
      are
      two
      major
     
     
      sources
      of
      financing
      for
      UPEI,
     
     
      those
      being
      government
      funding
     
     
      and
      tuition
      fees.
      MacKenzie
      is
     
     
      worried
      that
      with
      provincial
      treas-
     
     
      urer
      Mitch
      Murphy's
      hands
      tied
     
     
      with
      a
      huge
      provincial
      deficit,
     
     
      university
      shortfalls
      may
      be
      ~
     
     
      recouped
      through
      tuition.
     
    

    
     
      "When
      pressed
      at
      a
      Board
     
     
      of
      Governors
      meeting,
      the
      Vice-
     
     
      President
      of
      Finance
      and
     
     
      Facilities
      Gary
      Bradshaw
     
     
      responded
      by
      saying
      'I
      am
      confi-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dent
      that
      a
      reasonable
      tuition
     
     
      increase
      and
      the
      proposed
     
     
      increase
      in
      operational
      funding
     
     
      from
      the
      government
      will
      cover
     
     
      the
      cost'.
      We
      should
      all
      be
      very
     
     
      cautious
      regarding
      the
      language
     
     
      ‘reasonable
      tuition
      increase’,
      espe-
     
     
      cially
      at
      this
      point.
      I
      am
      worried
     
     
      about
      a
      25
      year
      trend
      continuing
      -
     
     
      when
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cost
      issues
      at
      this
      university."
     
     
      Common
      sense
      dictates
      that
      if
     
     
      workload
      is
      decreased,
      additional
     
     
      professors
      would
      have
      to
      be
      hired
     
     
      in
      ordered
      to
      sustain
      the
      number
     
     
      of
      classes
      which
      are
      currently
     
     
      offered.
     
    

    
     
      MacKenzie
      went
      on
      to
      say
     
     
      that
      the
      net
      effect
      of
      a
      decrease
      of
     
    

    
     
      work-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      universi-
      |
      There
      is
      another
      option
      open
      to
      the
      university
      |load
     
     
      ty
      costs
      administration
      and
      that
      is
      to
      cut
      spending.
      j|may
     
     
      rise
      the
      not
     
    
   
   
    
     
      only
      recourse
      to
      recoup
      those
     
     
      costs
      end
      up
      being
      the
      students."
     
     
      "Why
      doesn't
      the
      Board
      of
     
     
      Governors
      take
      a
      stand
      on
      behalf
     
     
      of
      students
      and
      tell
      our
      province
     
     
      that
      this
      is
      simply
      unacceptable?"
     
     
      Regarding
      the
      contract
     
     
      currently
      being
      negotiated
      with
     
     
      the
      faculty
      association
      he
     
     
      explained,
      "it's
      not
      the
      rise
      in
      pay
     
     
      but
      the
      decrease
      in
      workload
      that
     
     
      may
      create
      some
      capacity
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      automatically
      be
      an
      increase
      in
     
     
      costs,
      a
      message
      the
      faculty
      asso-
     
     
      ciation
      has
      emphasized.
     
     
      However,
      MacKenzie
      is
      skeptical
     
     
      regarding
      this
      argument.
     
    

    
     
      While
      MacKenzie
      is
      con-
     
     
      cerned
      the
      University
      may
      raise
     
     
      tuition
      if
      its
      operating
      expenses
     
     
      increase,
      there
      is
      another
      option
     
     
      open
      to
      the
      university
      administra-
     
     
      tion
      and
      that
      is
      to
      cut
      spending,
      a
     
     
      scenario
      that
      is
      also
      very
      trou-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      bling.
     
    

    
     
      "There
      is
      another
      side
      of
     
     
      increased
      costs
      and
      it
      could
      result
     
     
      in
      the
      smaller
      specialty
      courses
     
     
      being
      cut.
      Required
      courses
      for
     
     
      some
      smaller
      programs
      could
      be
     
     
      offered
      every
      second
      year,
      and
     
     
      we
      could
      see
      a
      dramatic
      increase
     
     
      in
      class
      size.
      It
      threatens
      what
     
     
      makes
      this
      university
      great
      -
      our
     
     
      small
      class
      sizes
      and
      closeness
      to
     
     
      our
      professors."
     
    

    
     
      MacKenzie
      ended
      with
      a
     
     
      clear
      statement
      for
      the
      student
     
     
      body.
     
    

    
     
      "On
      the
      suggestion
      that
     
     
      student
      leaders
      disassociate
      them-
     
     
      selves
      from
      the
      [negotiation]
     
     
      process,
      I
      can
      assure
      everyone
     
     
      involved
      that
      while
      both
      sides
      are
     
     
      looking
      out
      for
      their
      best
      inter-
     
     
      ests,
      so
      will
      we."
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      McGill
      Student
      Battles
      University’
      s
      Anti-Plagiarism
      Policy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
     
     
      Na
     
     
      In
      a
      decision
      that
      could
      ©
     
     
      affect
      university
      students
      across
     
     
      Canada,
      it
      was
      reported
      last
      week
     
     
      in
      The
      McGill
      Daily
      that
      the
     
     
      administration
      of
      McGill
     
     
      University
      had
      reversed
      an
      earlier
     
     
      decision
      that
      would
      have
      penal-
     
     
      ized
      Arts
      student
      Jesse
      Rosenfeld
     
     
      for
      refusing
      to
      submit
      his
      essays
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      an
      online
      anti-plagiarism
      web-
     
     
      ‘site.
     
    

    
     
      Beginning
      in
      December
     
     
      2001,
      the
      Montreal
      university
     
     
      instituted
      a
      two-year
      trial
      pro-
     
     
      gram
      under
      which
      students
      were
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      required
      to
      hand
      in
      their
      papers
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      Turnitin.com.
      The
      private
     
     
      company
      uses
      its
      database
      of
     
     
      over
      a
      million
      essays,
      as
      well
      as
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘other
      online
      sources,
      to
      detect
     
    
   
   
    
     
      student
      plagiarism.
      At
      McGill
     
    
   
   
    
     
      alone,
      the
      work
      of
      some
      1,400
     
     
      students
      has
      been
      submitted
      to
     
     
      Turnitin.com
      over
      the
      past
      two
     
     
      years.
      ae
     
    

    
     
      This
      past
      fall,
      Rosenfeld,
      an
     
     
      International
      Development
     
     
      Studies
      student
      at
      the
      school,
     
     
      took
      exception
      to
      the
      new
      policy,
     
     
      citing
      the
      fact
      that
      it
      presumed
     
     
      the
      culpability
      of
      students.
      "By
     
     
      making
      students
      submit
      their
     
     
      papers
      to
      [Turnitin.
      com]
      before
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Cadre
      February
      4,
      2004
      page
      5
     
    
   
   
    
     
      they
      are
      read
      by
      professors
      is
     
     
      basically
      saying,
      ‘prove
      you
      did-
     
     
      n't
      plagiarize
      before
      we
      even
     
     
      bother
      to
      read
      your
      paper."
      said
     
     
      Rosenfeld
      in
      a
      McGill
      Daily
     
     
      interview.
      When
      he
      was
      informed
     
     
      that
      it
      would
      be
      a
      class
      require-
     
     
      ment
      to
      submit
      his
      essays
      via
     
     
      Turnitin.com,
      he
      refused,
      opting
     
     
      instead
      to
      hand
      them
      in
      directly
     
     
      to
      his
      professor.
      As
      a
      result
      of
      his
     
     
      Continued
      on
      page
      6.