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by Greg Heakes

The recent controversy
surrounding the bleak stu-
dent housing situation in
universities and colleges
- across Canada shows the
blatant ignorance of our
Provincial and Federal Gov-
ernment to provide it’s tax-
paying students with ade-
quate services that the insti-
tuions themselves cannot al-
ways provide.

In what has been termed
the worst housing problem
in the last decade the
Governments have neglect-
ed to help such established
schools like U.B.C., who had
to refuse over 2,500 students
housing, S.F.U. who’s 1,00
homeless students ended up
sleeping on bare mattresses,
makeshift tents, and even
tree forts on Burnaby
Mountain. Even the Uni-
versity of Vicoria and BCIT
bellow the same distree call.
This is not strickly a west-
ern problem as homeless
students at the U of Water-
loo have turned to such
drastic measures as organ-
izing a lottery to fight for
only a few avaliable beds.
The situation has reached

that Steve Shallhorn of the
B.C. Students Federation
claimes that many students
have-_not been able to return
to school this year because
' there is no where to live.
Talk about justice and a free
country!

Fingers have been pointed
across Canada at both
Governments as well as
_ slowdowns in housing and
residents who are relucatant
to take students into their
homes.

It’s understandle that a lot
of families have enough
problems coping with inflat-
ion and a housefull of kids
let alone extra students to
worry about, but where is
our government when we
need them the most. These
housing problems are not

by Rob Guzyk
Three delegates of The

Other Press were among
twelve Western Region
Canadian University Press
(WRCUP) members present
at the summer regional held
August 2 - 4 in Kelowna this
summer.

The not-so-surprised dele-
gates were officially inform-
ed by CUP president
Michael Balagus that the
Youthstream contract neg-
otiated and approved by the
membership at CUP 42 in
Toronto is void.

Youthstream, also referred
to in kinder circles as the
Campus Network, supplies
CUP papers with national
ads which help finance stu-
dent newspapers across
Canada. t

WRCUP delegates
unanimously passed a mot-
ion that the National Exect-
ive explore all national ad-
vertising possibilities that
would serre [UP papers

 

Housing situation bleak

such gradiose proportions

    

minor isolated incidents in
small corners of the provin-
ces but a nationwide thorn
in the side of almost every
post secondary institution.
Students are being shafted
by the government on the
most basic need of life; a
roof over their head.

Pople like Pat McGeer,of
the Social Credit Party, illu-
strate the ignorant attitude
that high party members
show towards the young
people of Canada by stating
that housing’’is no respon-
sibility’’ of theirs.

The individual colleges and
universities cannot be ex-
pected to carry the burden
on their own because to
deplete the budget to com-
pensate for the lack of
housing would take away the
quality of education that
Canadian students have a
right to.

Until our elected members
of the Provincial and Federal
governments get off their
bar stools and take immed-
iate action against this
housing crisis we as_ stu-
dents are going to find it
harder and harder in the
future to get an adequate
education.

Douglas College students
are also running into the
same problems where their
housing organizers have met
with sympathetic hearts but
progress is being made ata
snails pace.

Our government is willing
to spend billions of dollars to
tunnell to Vancouver Island
but when it comes to student
housing our cries fall upon
deaf ears.

Before there is any action
by the government the stu-
dents have to let their voices
and opinions be heard, not
from a small canvassing
party, but from each and
every individual who is fed
up with the housing crisis
and wants to see something
constructively done about it.

CUP runneths over

exclusively.

Western region members
of CUP also voted to reject
any two party contract bet-
ween Youthstream and the
individual papers or student
councils

Two new members have
joined CUP since last spr-
ing, the Goliard, formerly
the Udulant Fever, formerly
The Catalyst of Okanagan
College and the Fulcrum of
the University of Ottawa.

Dan Hilborn of The Other
Press and Julie Wheelwright
of The Ubyssey were elected
as a team for the position of
Human Rights Co-ordinator
in the Western region. For-
mer CUP bureau chief Bill
Tieleman was elected as
Members Board rep. for
WRCUP.

Nancy Campbell of The

Courier/Ubyssey was con-
firmed as WRCUP president
until the next western re-
gional conference to be held
October 4 - 6 in Edmonton.

 

 

Question:Why did you decide to enroll
in Douglas College?

   

Mark DeCamallis: Douglas
College was the only choice |
in my opinion. It has the
teacher/student ratio most
condusive to learning, and
the price is right.

Peter Dombovary: I chose
Douglas College because of
the lower cost as compared
to other institutions, its pro-
ximity to my home, and
because the college offers
the courses in which I have
an interest.

 

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Andrea Sebi: 1 felt that

Douglas College was a good
place to go because it will
help me get a better idea of
what I want to go in for.
The price is right and its
close to home.

     
      

I came to

Diana Bligh:
Douglas College because the
college is small and _ in-
expensive. :

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