BC Students left homeless

Vancouver [CUP]-Thou-
sands of b.c. students are
scrambling for accomodation
as they face the worst hous-
ing crises in ten years.

Plans to establish ‘‘tent
cities’’ near B.C.’s_ three
universities to protest the
‘situation were cancelled in
late August as emergency
measures in finding tempor-
ary housing for most stu-
dents.

But university housing of-
ficials warned that the crises
has not yet eased because
students must still find per-
manent homes.

Across the province:

.at the University of Bri-

tish Columbia, some _ stu-
dents have been temporarily
placed through an emer-
gency ‘‘help-friends’’ pro-
gram started during regis-
tration week which asks
students with homes to
share with those still look-
ing. Some of those students
were amoung the 2,600 who
applied unsuccessfully for
resident accomodation at
UBC.

-mattresses have been set
at Simon Fraser University
residence to house the esti-
mated 1,000 homeless SFU
students. Other students
have lived in tents on Burn-
aby Mountain and some are

reported living in tree-hous-
es on the side of the
mountain.

.the University of Victoria
student society has petition-
ed the national department
of defense for the use of
barracks in Esquimalt.

.three trailors capable of
housing 44 students are
getting used as temporary
housing at the British Col-
umbia Institute of Techn-
ology in Burnaby. The
trailors have no cooking or
shower facilities.

“People are finding a
place to stay, but just bare-
ly,’’ says Steve Shallhorn
spokesman for the British

Columbia Students Federa-
tion. ‘‘People are not being
choosey and still we face the

fact that some people are _

not able to return to school
because there is nowhere for
them to live.’’

At a press conferance last
week, BCSF unanimously
condimned the provincial
government for failing to
provide adequate on-campus
housing.

BCSF will be lobbying fed-
eral politicians this month to
make money available for
building
Shallhorn said.

But aid from either the
provincial or federal gover-

residence,

nments seem unlikely.

The federal central mor-
gage housing corporation
and the provincial university
council of B.C. have thwar-
ted plans for a 300 unit
residence at UVic by refus-
ing to grant the university
low interest loans.

At UBC the student council
exective is discussing a pro-
posal for mostly student
financial $5 million housing
development for residences.

Capilano College students
are fairing better than other
lower mainland students.
Student housing officer,
Gale Kozai, said students
there are not facing an
immediate crisis. 30

Campus grants to be ammended

 

Late registration “unusual”

-by Yolanda Volpatti

There seems to be many
late registrations this sem-
ester on the Surrey Campus
of Douglas College and
“this is unusual was the
reply of Ken Battersby, as-
sistant admissions director
in Surrey. Ken was asked if
he saw any registration
trends this semester but he
stated, ‘‘it is too early at this
point to make any comment
since many registration
forms are still coming in.

Every semester provides
itself with late registrations,
but it is several days into the

semester and there are stu-
dents still showing up to
enroll into available classes.

The major reason for the
late registrations this sem-
ester is that the last week of
August is an awkward time
for students to sign up for
classes since summer jobs
do not usually end until the
last Friday in August and it
is ‘‘very hard to get the time
off from employers. Some
students take their summer
vacations during the last
week of August. It is a
“*hectic time.

Late registrations effect
the first week of classes.

Instructors cannot com-
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mence some classes because
of the fear that they will
have to conduct the lesson
over again when new stu-
dents show up in the next
scheduled class. The first
class or two can be a waste
of time for both the instruc-
tor and student bacause of
late registrations.

The last day of late re-
gistration is September 16.
Soon after that date the
admissions office will be
able to make a statement on
any registration trends that
occurred this semester, and
classes will be able to settle
down for the fall semester
that lies ahead.

‘

by Tom Schoenewolf
Distribution of Campus
College Grants will be am-
mended if the student so-
cietyapproves this fall’s
budget proposal.

New Wiest;
Coquitlam, Surrey and
Richmond campuses will
each receive $500 and the
remaining campuses a total
of $500, not the previously
allocated amount of $1500
per campus.

Clubs and activities re-
quiring funding must now
apple through the multi-
campus council, which has
allocated $6,00 for such ex-

penditures.

Ron Bernstad, student soc-
iety treasurer, says his bud-
get proposal is likely to
change when council finds
out the exact amount of
money it will receive.

“‘The budget was drawn up
on $35,000 which is the
amount we are expecting
from activity fees,’’ he said.

Other items on the budget
include; :

.. $8,700: to the Other Publi-
cations Society.

.. $6,000 to office administ-
ration. .

.. $3,000 for office expenses
.. $1,500 for society service.

Food prices up

by Lesli Pardely

This year students will be
paying more for food at
Nel’s diner, located at the
New West campus’ food
building.

The increase of prices is
due to rising costs, accord-
ing to Earl Wiegand, mana-
ger of Nel’s.

Wiegand said that be-
cause of increased wholesale
prices, Nel’s diner has been
forced to drop a few item
off the menu.

“‘Tuna alone has almost
doubled in cost meaning we
would have to charge an
outrageous price for a sim-
ple tuna sandwich. The
same is also true with roast
beef, ‘‘he said.

W hat effect will wholesale
prices have on the cost to
students?

Wiegand said that in-
creases will be kept to a
minimum.

‘Even though wholesale
prices have increases as well

_as the employee’s wages,

Nel’s diner has not reduced

‘their portions, ‘‘he said.

Holy smoke!

[ZNS] -- The Greek police
may have put a stop to
Sister Flothee’s newest vis-
ions.

The Greek nun has been
jailed for growing and for
smoking hashish in her con-
vent room

The Greek nun faces a
possible 20 year prison term
for growing hashish in the
convent garden and smoking
it in her room.

Sister Flothee told police it
was not she but ‘‘god’s
breezes’’ which blew the
seeds into the convent
where they took root.

“It was simply by chance
that I tried it, without know-
ing what I was doing, she

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