7Th¢.UqP»E.I. administrat— tion recently proposed a so; lution to their existing fi— nancial deficit which should be to raise the‘amount of fees each student pays. In‘ the following, I will put forward four major reasons

’to show the dreary future outcome of this, and how it would affect those involved, both directly and indirectly It is generally known that this island province is not as rich in resources and employment as the othér pr— ovinces in Canada, and a rise in fees here would encourage’people to continue migration as our easier and cheaper way of life.

First of all, let us com— pare the fees paid here with- that paid at other universi— ties across the country.

At its present rate, this university is presumably one ef the mast expensive in Ca— nada.fhEor inStance, the University-of Alberta charg— es four hundred and fifty— nine dollars per year for any full—time student, with the exception of those in Engineering, Law and other professional fields.- This amount is regardless of how manyrcourses a full—time student“takes;‘and it also

icbvhrszghy‘extra'expenses.

Panther Booster Club Holds

Last Friday night one might have expected crying and tears instead of laugh- ter and song as the Panther Booster Club held its annual party of "Farewell, thankyou and good luck" to those athletes who are graduating this year. Certificates and beer mugs were presented to-

Dave Murnaghan, D'Arcy Murphy'

and George Matthews for hockey, Dave Lidstone, Dick Young, Paul Horne, Kip Puiia‘ and Roy Taylor for football, Jamie Ballem and Art Laffin for basketball, Gerald "Woozy" MacDonald and Nelson Chang for Soccer. Lady Panthers-receiving awards for basketball and field hockey/were: Pat Campbell, Joyce Burnett, Debbie Pratt,- ‘Janet Trainer, Sandra Duns:

ford, Mary\Bradley and Janet Ellis.‘ .,

Also retiring are George MacKinnon and Russel McCabe- managers of the Football and Hockey teams. , \

Over the past few years thegenathlefesfhave given us many hours of interest and entertainment and The Cadre joins with the Booster Club in wishing them happiness and success. Armﬁi

I In.conversation_w"th“

In U.P.EuI. things are a V little different; sixty dollars is paid per course and additions are made for other expenses like athle- tic fee, medical fee and so on. fee per person here is enom— ous compared to that of UofA .Therefore, a rise in fees _here is not justified for the people who have to att— end this University. already stirred up concern in the minds of its present students. ~ ~

Also, the residence»

Itlhas

How an island student

reacts to this proposed rise, seems sad. whose parents can barely ea- rn enough to send.him throu— gh University at present,

will be forced to leave and

A student

a certain amount of money for their education and an—

other sum for their maint—

enance. When fees suddenly} go up, U.P.E.I. will defin—

'itely not be an encouraging place to consider. would deprive the foreign

This

students of the experience

of living on this island. On the other hand, it would deprive the island's studen-

ts and other members the

opportunity of living with

foreign students and of lea- rning about different exis— ting cultures arpund the

Booster Club officials we .learn that their next big event will be the Celebrity Night in early June. We'd advise any interested read— ers, who might want to at— i tend this outstanding event to get their tickets early as there will be only so many available and we are certain that all of those who were there last year will be grabbing for tick-

.world.

At the same time, and even worse, landlords would raise rents because of the greater demand. These are‘what the present students face, yet, we must also look forward to the University future students. The students in their

, final year at high school

have just as much to worry.~ If they decide to further their education at U.P.E.I. they would be greeted with a rather discouraging vote. Must of them would then be forced to find a job and save, in order to study later. Here again, an ove— rflow would be expected in the employment sector. What would these people do next? Their career would become a conflict whereby they have to decide whether to forsake it or not. The only other alternative would be to keep on migrating to other prov— inces. The university would thus lose most of its prese— nt and future students and be left with mostly foreign students. . However, foreign students in themselves are faced with a dilemma. Before they come abroad to study,and unless they are on a scholarship, each and everyone of them~ 'has to plan their education—

Annual Sports

ets as soon as they are on ‘ sale.

In August, on the Sat— urday night before Old Home Week, we are told, the Booster Club will be sponsoring a "Panther Booster" night at the Cha- rlottetown Driving Park. If you can go to this, we

.can promise you an intere-

sting and exciting evening, but we regret that, when ”

Free-padre, March 30, 1976,1page‘5

Proposed-Fee Increase ‘WiIIIDeny Education to Poor

a1 finance. They set aside try to join the labour mark— 4 et. With the limited jobs around, this in itself is dismal. He therefore haS' to try leave for another University. This would cause him the inconvenience of being away from home and also make a problem out of choosing the best living quarters. Then again, to offset the residence expen-

~se a student may plan to -live in the heart of the

city instead. Obviously

the problem of accomodation would again come into effect the present foreign students who have grown to appreciate this island and its people would be forced to seek ch— eaper education elsewhere. Sad as it may seem, some of . them may even have to return home without completing a first degree.

Thus, the overall situati— on would be quite unfair to everyone involved. Some may-ask: "What are the alte- rnatives to prevent fees increases?" One simple solution is for the Universe ity to cut back on all its present unnecessary expenses instead of placing pressure on the poor students.

Raj Persaud

Banquet

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Mickey Place

Cullen to Get Honoraryiaw Degree from U.P.E.I.

\ According to an announce— emnt made by the unviersity Senate, Dr. Eugene Cullen will recieve an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the university convocation to be held May 9th ‘

Mr. Cullen has been act— ive in Island affairs fdr many years. Presently he is chairman of the Health Ser- vices Commission and serves on the Board Of the Charlo- ttetown Hospital and the Hospital Services Commission.

He was co-Chairman of the Univérsity Progress Fund when it was established in 1972. Previous to that he '

was a member of the Board of‘

Governors of St. Dunstan's University. '

For fifteen years he was a member of the Provincial Legislature and held the portfolios and Minister of Industry and Resources and Minister of Argiculture.

He is still involved in the Dairy Industry as a mem— ber of the Advisory Commit- tee to the Dairy Commission and as President of Purity Dairies Limited.

Department Chairmen Appointed

In a classic example of the varied forms which dem- ocracy takes at U.P.E.I., the Board of governors an- nointed five new department chairmen at its recent meet- ing. They-were: Dr. Ian G. MacQuarrie, Department of Biology, succeeding Dr. Law— son Drake; Dr. P. Nagarajan, Department of Economics, Succeedinngrpf. DaﬁJoseph

' nnell; Dr. Brendan A.

O'Grady, Department of Eng— lish, succeeding Dr. J.J. Coyle; Dr. Winston Pineau, Department of Mathematics, succeeding Prof. Ivan Dow— ling; and Dr. David Morrison Department of Religious Stu— dies, succeeding Sr. Bernice Cullen. .

The appointments are effective June 1, 1976 for

:,a three year_period¢ pf}