PANTHER
      POST
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tuition
      A-Rising,
      Students
      A-paying
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Dylan
      ROSE
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      Reporter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Most
      tuition
      fees
      for
      undergraduate
      students
      at
     
     
      _
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      have
      seen
     
     
      an
      increase
      of
      4%
      this
      year.
     
    

    
     
      Putting
      this
      in
      perspective,
      the
      cost
      of
      six
      se-
     
     
      mester
      hours
      for
      undergraduate
      students
      at
      UPEI
     
     
      was
      $582
      in
      the
      2008-2009
      academic
      year.
      This
     
     
      year,
      the
      cost
      has
      risen
      to
      $606.
     
    

    
     
      In
      an
      interview
      with
      CBC
      News,
      vice-president
     
     
      of
      finance
      and
      facilities
      Gary
      Bradshaw
      attrib-
     
     
      uted
      the
      rise
      in
      tuition
      to
      structural
      increases
     
     
      related
      to
      wages
      and
      benefits,
      and
      the
      cost
      of
     
     
      utilities
      at
      the
      university.
      “It
      is
      certainly
      the
     
     
      amount
      that
      we
      have
      brought
      to
      the
      board
      as
      be-
     
     
      ing
      required
      to
      balance
      the
      budget
      for
      this
      year,”
     
     
      said
      Bradshaw.
     
    

    
     
      Exceptions
      to
      the
      increases
      in
      tuition
      include
     
     
      international
      students,
      whose
      fees
      have
      gone
      up
     
     
      to
      $5000,
      compared
      to
      last
      year’s
      $4,410.
      UPEI
     
     
      Comptroller
      Philip
      Hooper
      states
      that
      these
     
     
      fees
      rose
      in
      order
      to
      “cover
      new
      services
      and
      a
     
     
      bursary
      program
      for
      international
      students.”
      In
     
     
      comparison,
      international
      fees
      from
      the
      2006-
     
     
      2007
      academic
      year
      saw
      a
      6.7%
      increase
      going
     
     
      into
      2008,
      from
      $4,050
      to
      $4,320.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Residence
     
     
      fees
      have
      also
     
     
      gone
      up
      by
      3%
     
     
      from
      last
      year.
     
     
      A
      single
      room
     
     
      at
      Bernadine
     
     
      Hall
      now
      costs
     
     
      $4,952
      compared
     
     
      to
      $4,807
      from
     
     
      the
      previous
     
     
      year.
      Addition-
     
     
      ally,
      Athletic
      and
     
     
      Administration
     
     
      fees
      went
      up
      by
     
     
      further
      amounts
      —
     
     
      to
      cover
      New
     
     
      Student
      Orien-
     
     
      tation,
      while
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Masters
      and
      PhD
     
    
   
   
    
     
      program
      fees
      experienced
      a
      rise
      due
      to
      curricu-
     
     
      lum
      budgets,
      costs
      and
      the
      introduction
      of
      new
     
     
      programs.
      For
      example,
      a
      Masters
      of
      Science
     
     
      now
      clocks
      in
      at
      $6,372
      compared
      to
      last
      year’s
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $5,934.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Radio@UPEI
      Back
      On
      Air?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “It
      seemed
      like
      a
      pretty
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Natalie
      HUNT
      sweet
      idea.”
     
     
      Reporter
      _
      The
      station,
      which
      will
      be
     
     
      broadcast
      over
      the
      Internet,
     
     
      A
      third
      year
      UPEI
      student
      __
      will
      be
      a
      mix
      of
      different
     
    
   
   
    
     
      wants
      to
      start
      a
      student
     
     
      driven
      radio
      station
      for
      the
     
     
      university.
     
    

    
     
      Megan
      Jennings,
      20,
     
     
      who
      is
      double
      majoring
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      updates.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      genres
      like
      rock,
      indie,
      and
     
     
      pop
      among
      others,
      she
      said.
     
     
      .
      There
      will
      also
      be
      news
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Joe
      Velaidum,
      a
      profes-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      anthropology
      and
      English,
     
     
      wondered
      why
      a
      school
      in
      a
     
     
      musically
      driven
      place
      like
     
     
      the
      East
      Coast
      didn’t
      have
     
     
      its
      own
      radio
      station.
     
    

    
     
      She
      wanted
      to
      start
      the
     
     
      radio
      back
      up
      at
      UPEI
     
     
      because
      it
      is
      something
      she
     
     
      has
      always
      been
      interested
     
     
      in.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sor
      in
      the
      Religious
      Studies
     
     
      department,
      is
      going
      to
      be
     
     
      helping
      out
      with
      the
      station
     
     
      and
      lending
      out
      his
      micro-
     
     
      phone,
      which
      he
      uses
      for
      his
     
     
      lessons,
      said
      Jennings.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      hope
      to
      get
      a
      coop-
     
     
      erative
      effort.”
     
    

    
     
      She
      wants
      to
      get
      it
      started
     
    

    
     
      after
      the
      NSO
      activities,
      be-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fore
      Christmas,
      with
      the
      end
     
     
      of
      the
      year
      as
      the
      latest
      time
     
     
      to
      have
      it
      happen,
      she
      said.
     
     
      The
      only
      people
      she’s
     
     
      really
      talked
      to
      about
      it
     
     
      have
      been
      friends
      but
      they
     
     
      seemed
      interested,
      she
      said.
     
     
      Jennings
      doesn’t
      have
      a
     
     
      radio
      background,
      but
      she
     
     
      has
      a
      broad
      taste
      in
      music
     
     
      and
      she
      has
      lots
      of
      public
     
     
      speaking
      experience.
     
     
      “Who
      doesn’t
      like
      that
     
     
      kind
      of
      attention
      anyway?”
     
     
      She
      would
      be
      nervous
      but
     
     
      she
      acted
      in
      plays
      in
      high
     
     
      school
      and
      was
      an
      NSO
     
     
      organizer
      where
      she
      was
     
     
      speaking
      in
      front
      of
      more
     
     
      than
      500
      students.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      21,
      2009
      9
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      However,
      most
      of
      the
      remaining
      student
      fees
     
     
      stayed
      at
      last
      year’s
      levels,
      and
      despite
      the
      rising
     
     
      costs,
      Bradshaw
      notes
      that
      even
      with
      the
      increas-
     
     
      es,
      tuition
      rates
      at
      UPEI
      are
      some
      of
      the
      lowest
     
     
      in
      the
      region.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “It’s
      another
      way
      to
      work
     
     
      on
      my
      public
      speaking.”
     
    

    
     
      When
      the
      radio
      station
     
     
      does
      get
      started
      she
      wants
     
     
      to
      put
      up
      posters
      and
      have
     
     
      auditions
      for
      those
      people
     
     
      who
      want
      airtime.
      Jennings
     
     
      thinks
      it
      would
      be
      a
      good
     
     
      idea
      for
      those
      interested
      to
     
     
      bring
      in
      a
      musical
      sample
      of
     
     
      five
      or
      six
      songs.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      people
      she
      is
      looking
     
     
      for
      should
      be
      positive,
      en-
     
     
      thusiastic
      and
      good
      at
      acting
     
     
      or
      public
      speaking,
      she
      said.