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      U
      of
      Saskatchewan
      students
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Hannah
      Scissons
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Source:
     
     
      Saskatchewan
     
     
      Bureau
     
    
   
   
    
     
      REGINA
      (CUP)
      -
     
     
      Despite
      strong
     
     
      criticism
      from
      -
     
     
      faculty
      and
      staff,
      the
     
     
      University
      of
     
     
      Saskatchewan
      is
     
     
      considering
      an
     
     
      option
      that
      would
     
     
      introduce
      differen-
     
     
      tial
      tuition
      on
     
     
      campus.
     
    

    
     
      In
      late
      October,
     
     
      hundreds
      of
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      attended
      a
      U
     
     
      of
      S
      Council
      meet-
     
     
      ing
      where
      a
      budget
     
     
      committee
      recom-
     
     
      mended
      a
      vote
      on
     
     
      differential
      tuition.
     
     
      The
      Council
      -
      made
     
     
      up
      of
      deans,
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      and
      a
      large
     
     
      number
      of
      faculty
      -
     
     
      rejected
      the
      report
     
     
      in
      response
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      student
      concerns.
     
     
      But
      according
      to
      U
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      S
      Vice-President
     
     
      (Academic)
     
     
      Michael
      Atkinson,
     
     
      University
      adminis-
     
     
      trators
      are
      still
     
     
      considering
      intro-
     
     
      ducing
      differential
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tuition.
     
    

    
     
      The
      option
      is
      likely
     
     
      to
      be
      presented
      to
     
     
      the
      University’s
     
     
      Board
      of
      Gover-
     
     
      nors,
      the
      body
      with
     
     
      the
      power
      to
      deter-
     
     
      mine
      tuition.
     
    

    
     
      If
      implemented,
     
     
      differential
      tuition
     
     
      would
      mean
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      in
      programs
     
     
      with
      a
      high
      delivery
     
     
      cost
      —
      like
      medi-
     
     
      cine,
      law
      or
      den-
     
     
      tistry
      -
      would
      pay
      a
     
     
      significantly
      higher
     
     
      amount
      of
      tuition
     
     
      than
      students
      in
     
     
      lower
      cost
      pro-
     
     
      grams,
      like
      arts
      and
     
     
      science.
     
    

    
     
      The
      reasonin
     
     
      behind
      the
      proposal
     
     
      is
      that
      students
     
     
      should
      assume
      a
     
     
      proportionate
     
     
      amount
      of
      the
      cost
     
     
      of
      their
      program.
     
     
      Moreover,
      students
     
     
      in
      professional
     
     
      programs,
      who
     
     
      would
      see
      the
      -
     
     
      highest
      tuition
     
     
      increase,
      can
      expect
     
     
      to
      earn
      more
      upon
     
     
      graduation
      than
     
     
      students
      in
      non-
     
     
      professional
      pro-
     
     
      grams.
     
    

    
     
      But
      many
      faculty
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      students
      see
     
     
      fundamental
      flaws
     
     
      in
      imposing
      differ-
     
     
      ential
      tuition.
     
    

    
     
      U
      of
      S
      Commerce
     
     
      professor
      L
     
    

    
     
      Haiven
      says
      differ-
     
     
      ential
      tuition
      would
     
     
      make
      students
      pay
     
     
      the
      price
      for
      gov-
     
     
      ernment
      cutbacks.
     
     
      “Different
      govern-
     
     
      ments
      have
      been
     
     
      moving
      away
      from
     
     
      the
      collective
      ap-
     
     
      proach
      where
     
     
      education
      is
      seen
      as
     
     
      a
      public
      good
     
     
      toward
      an
      approach
     
     
      based
      on
      user
      pay,”
     
     
      said
      Haiven.
     
    

    
     
      But
      according
      to
     
     
      Vice-President
     
     
      (Academic)
     
     
      Atkinson,
      the
     
     
      university
      has
     
     
      exhausted
      all
      its
     
     
      options.
     
    

    
     
      “We've
      explored
      all
     
     
      kinds
      of
      ways,
      from
     
     
      quiet
      pleading
      to
     
     
      open
      confronta-
     
     
      tion,”
      he
      said.
      “We
     
     
      simply
      can’t
      let
      the
     
     
      university
      disinte-
     
     
      grate.”
     
    

    
     
      Yet
      while
      students
     
     
      realize
      the
      financial
     
     
      pressure
      on
      the
     
     
      university,
      U
      of
      S
     
     
      Students’
      Union
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      on
     
     
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      UNB
      student
      violently
      attacked
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Heather
      K.
      Cyr
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Source:
      The
     
     
      Brunswickan
      (Uni-
     
     
      versity
      of
      New
     
     
      Brunswick)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      FREDERICTON
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      (CUP)
      -
      Robbie
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Peterson
      is
      breaking
     
     
      his
      silence.
     
    

    
     
      The
      first-year
      law
     
     
      student
      at
      the
      Uni-
     
     
      versity
      of
      New
     
     
      Brunswick
      is
      not
     
     
      allowing
      the
      bruises
     
     
      and
      abrasions
     
     
      caused
      by
      a
      late-
     
     
      night
      attack
      to
      stop
     
     
      him
      from
      voicing
     
     
      his
      concerns
      about
     
     
      the
      silence
      over
      hate
     
     
      crimes.
     
    

    
     
      Despite
      discomfort
     
     
      from
      the
      stitches
     
     
      that
      put
      his
      eyelid
     
     
      back
      together,
     
     
      Peterson
      is
      using
      his
     
     
      battered
      face
      and
     
     
      strong
      voice
      to
      tell
     
     
      Fredericton
      that
      he
     
     
      and
      many
      others
     
     
      have
      had
      enough.
     
    

    
     
      “T
      think
      it’s
      quite
     
     
      frightening
      to
      think
      |
     
     
      that
      you
      can
      be
     
     
      walking
      home
      alone
     
     
      on
      a
      Saturday
      night
     
     
      with
      your
      friends
     
     
      and
      be
      assaulted
      by
     
     
      a
      complete
      stranger
     
     
      for
      who
      you
      are,”
     
     
      Peterson
      said
      in
      an
     
     
      interview.
     
    

    
     
      The
      attacker
      con-
     
     
      fronted
      Peterson
      on
     
     
      Saturday
      night,
     
     
      Nov.
      6,
      while
      he
     
     
      was
      returning
      from
     
     
      downtown
      where
      he
     
     
      had
      been
      hanging
     
     
      out
      with
      his
      friends.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      He
      had
      been
      out
      for
     
     
      dinner
      and
      went
      to
      a
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      local
      Irish
      pub
      and
     
     
      had
      stopped
      in
      for
      a
     
     
      few
      minutes
      at
      a
     
     
      gay-friendly
      bar
      on
     
     
      the
      way
      home.
     
    

    
     
      He
      bumped
      into
     
     
      some
      friends
      as
      he
     
     
      began
      walking,
      and
     
     
      strolled
      with
      them
     
     
      until
      venturing
      up
     
     
      Regent
      Street
     
     
      towards
      his
      home
     
     
      alone.
     
    

    
     
      It
      was
      just
      past
      St.
     
     
      Dunstan’s
      Catholic
     
     
      Church
      on
      Regent
     
     
      Street
      when
      Robbie
     
     
      was
      grabbed.
     
    

    
     
      He
      was
      struck
      in
      the
     
     
      face
      but
      had
      a
     
     
      glimpse
      of
      his
     
     
      attacker
      and
      the
     
     
      next
      thing
      he
      re-
     
     
      members
      is
      being
     
    
   
   
    
     
      on
      his
      knees
      cover-
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ing
      his
      face
      with
      his
     
     
      hands
      and
      being
     
     
      kicked
      in
      the
      face.
     
     
      The
      attacker
      left
     
     
      Robbie
      yelling
     
     
      “faggot,
      what’s
     
     
      wrong
      with
      you?”
     
     
      and
      Robbie
      only
     
     
      answered,
      “just
     
     
      trying
      to
      get
      away
     
     
      from
      you.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      attack
      hap-
     
     
      pened
      during
      a
      busy
     
     
      time
      of
      night
      with
     
     
      many
      people
      going
     
     
      to
      and
      from
      the
     
     
      local
      hotspots.
      Cars
     
     
      drove
      past
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      people
      passed
      as
      the
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      attack
      happened.
     
     
      Robbie
      remembers
     
     
      seeing
      a
      mini-van
     
     
      but
      no
      one
      stopped
     
     
      to
      help.
     
    

    
     
      Police
      are
      looking
     
     
      for
      help
      from
      those
     
     
      at
      the
      scene.
      Robbie
     
     
      described
      the
      man
     
     
      as
      clean-cut
      and
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      average
      height
     
     
      E
       eaed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      wearing
      an
      orange
     
     
      and
      white
      shirt.
      He
     
     
      may
      have
      been
     
     
      alone
      but
      Peterson
     
     
      isn’t
      completely
      ©
     
     
      sure.
     
    

    
     
      Once
      the
      attacker
     
     
      left
      Peterson
      made
     
     
      his
      way
      to
      a
      near
      by
     
     
      payphone
      and
      called
     
     
      911.
      Police
      arrived
     
     
      and
      rushed
      the
     
     
      blood-covered
     
     
      Peterson
      to
      hospital
     
     
      where
      his
      eyelid
     
     
      was
      sewn
      up.
      He
     
     
      suffered
      two
      black
     
     
      eyes
      and
      needed
     
     
      more
      stitches
      above
     
     
      his
      eye.
     
    

    
     
      Peterson
      says
      the
     
     
      police
      are
      not
     
     
      looking
      at
      this
      as
      a
     
     
      gay
      assault.
     
     
      Thankfully,
      said
     
     
      friend
      Andrea
     
     
      Baldwin,
      Peterson
     
     
      was
      not
      injured
     
     
      more
      severely.
     
     
      “Fredericton
      is
     
     
      outraged,
      the
      gay
     
     
      and
      lesbian
      commu-
     
     
      nity
      is
      outraged,
      the
     
     
      school
      is
      outraged
     
     
      and
      we
      are
      not
     
     
      going
      to
      tolerate
     
     
      these
      kinds
      of
      ran
      |
     
     
      attitudes
      that
      lead
      to
     
     
      these
      kinds
      of
     
     
      crimes,”
      she
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “I’m
      not
      afraid
      to
      zi
     
     
      say
      why
      I
      think
      he
     
    

    
     
      did
      what
      he
      did.
      It
     
    

    
     
      was
      completely
     
     
      unprovoked
      I
      don’t
     
     
      recognize
      this
     
    

    
     
      person,”
      added
      >
     
     
      Paterson.
      “Ifthe
      |
     
     
      environment
      was
     
    

    
     
      more
      condemning
      I
     
     
      think
      it
      would
      be
     
    

    
     
      less
      likely
      to
      hap-
     
    
   
   
    
     
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