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[Vancouver Cup-]A UBC stu- dent leader plans to pinch Metro Transit with a penny protest over bus fares.

Duncan Stewart, Alma Mater Society external affairs coordinator, called for stu- dents to pay the $1 fares with pennies beginning in Jan- uary.

Stewart said a similar pro- test worked effictively in Tor- onto. ‘‘The subway machines blew up; the buses broke down, it was absolute chaos,’’ he said. ‘‘The students got a concession fare within 12 hours.’’

The Greater Vancouver re- gional district transit com- mission voted to conduct a review of fares to examine the feasibility of reductions for a number of groups including post-secondary students, the handicapped and Unemploy- ment Insurance recipients.

Stewart said the commis- sion’s decision was the easy way out. ‘’The transit com- mission has members who do not want students to have concession farecards, and they’re using everything they can to fight it. | suppose you

could call this a compromise, |

but it’s not even that.’’

The commission spokes- person said introducing a stu- dent farecard would cost Metro Transit $600,000 to $700,000 per academic year in lost revenues.

Terry Hunt, Canadian Federation of Students Pacific Region chair, could not com-

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ment on the commission de- cision but said granting re- duced student fares could increase the number of bus riders and increase revenues.

A transit commission official said the review will be completed by about May.

Peeper problems

Burnaby, B.C. [CUP] - Simon Fraser University security can‘t seem to nab a man who has been peering through the windows of campus resid- ences since September.

“Twice we have gotten within twenty feet of him,’’ said Tom Bennett, SFU’s di- rector of security. ‘‘But he’s elusive and seems to know the area well.’’

The incidences seem to be on the increase. Campus sec- urity received complaints on four occasions. As a result they stepped up surveillance

around all the residences. ““We’re going to catch this guy one way or the other, if | have to come at 3 o'clock in the morning,’’ said Bennett: “We've developed a very efficient hit on the area.’’ Witnesses agree response has been ‘‘pretty damn snap- Sofie Bartek, a resident assistant at one resident said “‘He’s got a lot of gall.’’ Residence students watch- ing soap operas said they were concerned but were tak- ing the situation in stride.

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