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University of Windsor, couldn't believe the officers were acquitted.

"I don't know why anybody would try and justify it," he said. [Diallo was shot at] 41 times."

But who is to blame for the existence of racial profiling and why has there been no change? Robinson blames the media.

"You see people getting killed everyday in the news, in movies. People are becoming desensitized," he said.

Veau Trotter, a university student in her final year, says the answer lies with apathy.

"We've given license to these behaviours by remaining silent," said Trotter. "Anyone who hears the news, shakes his or her

head and changes the channel gives license. We

allow ourselves to believe that nothing can be done."

After various incidents with the police, Gooding has little faith in change. He says the police use their power as a scapegoat to get out of their misconduct.

He believes black men will always nervously walk the streets at night wondering if he will be the next victim.

"There will always be tension between minorities and the police, but the police will always have the power," he said. "I don't mean to be pessimistic, but it's like the game cowboys and Indians and the cowboys always win."

Student protests are useless

By Ben Errett Source: The McGill Daily

MONTREAL (CUP) - Student demonstrations are a poor medium for policy change, says Globe and Mail national affairs columnist Jeffrey Simpson. Simpson, a recent Order of Canada recipient and national commentator, made the comments during an exclusive interview with Canadian University Press. According to the well- known journalist, last month's protest by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) to pressure both federal and provincial governments to reinvest in post-secondary education had no impact.

"The rallies simply have no effect on policy,"

he said. "They have no effect on anyone who thinks logically about the problems in_ post- secondary education. Students simply don't have credibility when they argue for lower fees."

Michael Conlon, national chairperson for the CFS, didn't take the criticism seriously.

"Jeffery Simpson has ideological reasons for

objecting to the demonstrations," said Conlon. "His agenda is no access to education. He doesn't care if middle-class or poor students have access to

post-secondary schooling."

The CFS head added that if Simpson doesn't like the battle against rising tuition, he should write to the president of Ireland for eliminating tuition fees and helping that country's economy grow.

But Simpson makes no apology in his call for higher fees.

Provincial governments do have to increase basic funding, but to do that realistically student fees have to increase," he said. "While we ought to subsidize post-secondary

education. the current subsidy is unacceptably

large."

And the Globe columnist also took critics to task who say Canada has a more equitable education system than the U.S.

"If you look at the United States, the participation rate in post- secondary education is the same as it is in Canada, even though the fees at publicly funded schools there are higher," he said.

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the recent federal budget, Simpson pointed out post- secondary was one of a wide range of programs that received increased funding in this year's budget.

When asked if this meant education was merely one priority among many for the Liberals, Simpson said he believes the government is committed to helping universities.

"I would argue that education has been like religion to the Liberals," Simpson said. "If you examine the last three budgets, the list of initiatives on education has really been impressive."

As evidence, he pointed to the millennium scholarship fow'n 8's. - increased

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however, was unimpressed with Simpson's argument. "It sound's like he's auditioning for a job in the future Prime Minister's Office," he said. "I don't know which Liberal government he's talking about. The Liberal government of [Finance Minister] Paul Martin and tax cuts, or the Liberal government of [Intergovernmental Affairs Minister] Intergovernmental Stephane Dion who said our universities are in worse shape than our hospitals."

(With files from National Bureau Chief)

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