Page 2 November, 12,:1985" Vancouver [CUP] - The British Columbia Supreme Court recently upheld the provincial health ministry’s move to exclude visa students and workers from B.C.’s health insurance plan. But visa holders and a support staff union at Simon Fraser University will appeal the decision. ‘“‘We think there are grounds for appeal. This is an important issue both for our. members and for the province as a whole,’’ said Lisa Price, organizer for the Simon Fraser Teacher Support Staff Union. Until this fall, foreign stu- dents who had lived in B.C. for at least one year were eligible for medical coverage under the province’s health plan. In July, the health ministry decided it would no longer be responsible for for- eign students. EE ———————————————————_—————— con‘t from Page 1 © The Douglas East Indian Student Association (DEISA) received approval of their charter application in a near- ly-unanimous’ vote. Al Russell, who voted against the motion had no ‘‘com- ment’’ on his reason. A motion giving sponsoring groups up to 100 per cent of the proceeds from a pub night squeaked past 6-5 and was then struck down when Presi- dent Glavin, concerned about the narrow margin of victory, moved to table the motion until the next meeting. Current D.C.S.S. policy call for fifty per cent proceeds from socials and pub nights to be: returned to D.C.S.S. coffers. Ratified motions from the The Contact Lens and Solution Oct. 28 senate meeting in- clude a resolve to ask senate members Marie Andre Bourassa and Brad Clark to resign due to a violation of attendance requirements. As well Social Science Rep. Larry Fairfoull was appointed chair of this years ‘‘Booze Cruise’’ committee. His suc- cessful planning of last years “‘cruise’’ was the deciding factor. The final figures for “Famine Relief Week’’ were presented to the senate. Tre- asurer Shelley Zwarich said that $404.00 was raised, after expenses, which will be do- nated to UNICEF. $1,000, in the form of two $500 grants was given to the non-profit Humanities _Insti- tute for their continued work as an independent institution on campus. Specialists With 15 years in the Eye care profession, Contact Lens Technicians feature: - complete contact lens technical services including Oxygen TRANSMISSIBLE Hard lens, Tinted Soft Lenses , Bifocal, Toric and The. Other'Press ~ : The ministry’s policy change under the Immigrat- ion Act said visa holders would no longer be consider- ed residents under the Medi- cal Services Act. The union argued the policy change was illegal because it contravened the Medical Ser- eC Victoria [CUP] - Eighteen students from rural British Columbia have each received $1000 bursaries from a special fund organized by the faculty association to attend the Uni- versity of Victoria. The new. programme, financed through grants from individual faculty members, was set up to encourage students from rural areas to attend university. To be elig- ible, students must live at least 30 miles from Vancouver or Victoria, demonstrate fin- ancial need, and show aca- demic merit. In 1983/84, 17 per cent of high school graduates from Victoria and Vancouver chose to attend university, com- pared to only seven per cent of students from rural high schools. ee SES ge Bill Pfaffenberger, the l Visa holders Beware - vices Act, which defines ‘‘res- ident’’ as any person who has lived in the province at least one year. However, Justice Callaghan said the principle issue was not the interpretation of the word resident but the jurisdic- tion of the minister of health. i| Callaghan ruled the Min- ister has the power to make the decision. The ruling means 4000 visa students will have to seek private medical insurance at double the cost, .or about $400 a year for singles. . ot Bucks$ former president of the facul- ty association, says attitudes towards education are just Starting to change in rural areas and universities should encourage this trend. The faculty association Continued from p. 1. Halgate served an unprece- dented 3 terms as president of Douglas, and is still in touch with people here at the college. He ran for school board last year, coming with- in 53 votes of winning. He: is currently the vice president of the Delta Voters Association, and Chairman of the Don’t Dump on Delta Committee, a group which is fighting to keep a Delta environmental area from being turned into a landfill. Bell also sees garbage as THAN PRICE. IERES MORE TO BUYING CONTACT L rural grants fund has raised $19,000 in donations from 75 faculty members. 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