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Kevin Hallgate says that it’s too early. to start
protesting a tuition increase. That’s what he said last
week, and that’s what he’s saying this week.

We say that now is the time to protest a tuition
increase. That’s what we said last week, and that’s what
we're saying this week.

Kevin is quite good at rationalizing his point, too. He
states that only after the board is presented with an
actual proposal will he protest any fee hike.

He also states that he has told somemembersof the

ae board, unofficially, that he is against a tuition
ike.

This week he even went on to add that if it is the will
of the students to oppose a tuition increase then, as a
part of his duties, he will make the official statement to
the board.

Now first of all there are a few points that should be
mentioned.

First. People should have access to education.

Any institution where education is limited only to
those people who can afford the tuition fees is actively
discriminating against people in the low income
brackets. The poor have a right to an education as much
as anyone else

It is not true, in this day and age, that anyone can earn
as much as anyone else just by hard work. Without an
education it is virtually impossible to earn an above
average salary. Without money it is impossible to get an
education.

Often times, students do not even apply for student
loans because they know that the loan money by itself is
not adequate to pay for one semester’s worth of room,
board, transportation and tuition.

Second, telling the college board, unofficially, that he
is opposed to a tuition hike is just not good enough.
Right now Hallgate and the student society should be
going about actively trying to find out what the students
fee] about a fee hike.

After having done that, Hallgate should then
immediately either protest or accept the increase. By
leaving the onus on the students to approach him, he is
establishing a mood of apathy. A mood that is easily
picked up by the students of this college.

At Capilano College one third of the students signed a
petition protesting the tuition hike there. Judging from
the results of an impromptu survey here at Douglas it is
doubtful if that many studeats will feel strongly about a
tuition hike.

The student body is waiting for the student society to
show them some leadership and yet nothing is
happening.

Finally, if the student body at this apathetic campus
doesn’t rise up and protest a tuition hike then neither
will the student society. That was what Hallgate meant
when he said he will make an official statement to the
board if it is the will of the students.

For some reason Hallgate seems to have forgotten that
it is the student society’s responsibility to protect the
rights of the students. Affordable tuition is one of those
rights.

~ One of the major excuses for a tuition increase is that
students are only paying a fraction of their own
educational costs.

Too bad even that fraction is too much for some.

 

  
    
  
 
 
  
   
 
  
 
 

 

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: College students don’t protest tuition increases with the

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