Top
      ten
      list
      of
      a
      “poor”
      student
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1.
      24"
      colour
      TV
      witha
      remote
      control
     
     
      2.
      Mazda
      RX7
      or
      any
      Honda
     
    

    
     
      3.
      Microwave
     
    

    
     
      4.
      Ranger
      4x4
     
    

    
     
      5.
      My
      own
      apartment
      paid
      for
      2
      years
     
     
      6.
      An
      all
      expense
      trip
      paid
      to
      Greece
     
    

    
     
      7.
      Tuition
      and
      all
      university
      pre-paid
     
     
      8.
      Dining
      room
      set
     
    

    
     
      9.
      Combination
      love
      seat
      and
      sofa
     
    

    
     
      10.
      A
      best
      friend
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘TIS
      THE
      SEASON
      TO
      BE
      JOLLY.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      PART
      TWO
      OF
      PROBLEM
      CHILD
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Matthew,
      the
      problem
      child
      loves
      to
      collect
      live
      and
     
     
      dead
      insects.
      One
      day
      he
      brought
      into
      our
      home
      alive
     
     
      earwig
      inside
      a
      petri
      dish.
      Somehow,
      the
      earwig
     
     
      escaped
      from
      the
      dish
      and
      as
      I
      went
      to
      brush
      my
      teeth
     
     
      I
      saw
      an
      earwig
      moving
      along
      the
      bristles.
      I
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      furious.
      I
      killed
      the
      earwig
      and
      threw
      out
      my
      tooth-
     
     
      brush.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      taught
      Matthew
      to
      love
      hockey,
      especially
      goalies.
     
     
      One
      day
      I
      showed
      him
      my
      prized
      Ed
      Belfour
      rookie
     
     
      card.
      Unknown
      to
      me
      Matthew
      took
      the
      card
      and
      put
     
     
      it
      inside
      his
      wallet.
      Now
      (a
      week
      later)
      the
      card
      was
     
     
      a
      little
      bent
      which
      makes
      the
      card’s
      value
      diminish.
     
     
      The
      problem
      child
      had
      struck
      again.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Halloween
      nite
      of
      this
      year
      the
      problem
      child
      embar-
     
     
      rassed
      me.
      A
      friendly
      old
      man
      gave
      Matthew
      an
     
     
      apple.
      The
      old
      man
      held
      his
      door
      open
      for
      the
      other
     
     
      approaching
      kids
      then
      the
      problemchild
      yelled
     
     
      ‘Don’t
      go
      there.
      He
      just
      gives
      stupid
      ‘ol
      apples.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ACCESSIBILITY:
      TUITION
      FEE
      HIKI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THWARTED
      BY
      DALSTUDENTS
     
     
      (Source:
      Dal
      Gazette)
      By
      Rob
      Antle
     
    
   
   
    
     
      HALIFAX
      (CUP)
      --
      Dalhousie
      University
      students
     
     
      gained
      a
      temporary
      reprieve
      froma
      10
      percent
      tuitio;
     
     
      fee
      hike
      after
      about
      600
      students
      stormed
      a
      board
      of
     
     
      governors
      meeting.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘*There
      have
      never
      been
      protesters
      like
      this
      before,’’
     
     
      said
      student
      council
      president
      Peter
      Pottier.
      ‘‘I
      think
     
     
      people
      just
      kind
      of
      got
      fed
      up
      after
      last
      year’s
      25
      per
     
     
      cent
      increase.
      It’s
      only
      now,
      after
      paying
      tuition
      in
     
     
      September,
      that
      the
      students
      realize
      how
      much
      that
     
     
      actually
      is.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      After
      a
      spirited
      debate
      filled
      with
      heckling
      by
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      the
      university’s
      board
      agreed
      overwhelmingly
      1
     
     
      review
      the
      tuition
      fee
      hike.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dalhousie
      president
      Howard
      Clark
      defended
      the
     
     
      proposed
      increases
      at
      the
      meeting,
      saying
      the
      provin:
     
     
      cial
      government
      has
      frozen
      the
      funding
      which
      counts
     
     
      for
      80
      percent
      of
      the
      university’s
      operating
      budget.
     
     
      But
      that
      didn’t
      appease
      the
      students.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dalhousie
      student
      Paula
      Clark
      asked
      the
      crowd
      if
      the
     
     
      had
      seen
      improvementat
      the
      university
      as
      a
      result
      0:
     
     
      last
      year’s
      tuition
      fee
      increase.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Throngs
      of
      students
      jeered
      enthusiastically
      in
      re-
     
     
      sponse.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Student
      representatives
      also
      questioned
      chair
      G.C.
     
     
      Piercey
      on
      Dalhousie’s
      decision
      to
      raise
      fees
      five
      pe
     
     
      cent
      above
      the
      Nova
      Scotiaaverage.
      They
      also
      aske:
     
     
      the
      administration
      to
      disclose
      their
      salaries.
     
    

    
     
      Piercey
      refused.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      However,
      students
      succeeded
      in
      deferring
      a
      vote
      on
     
     
      the
      fee
      hike
      until
      January.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘*This
      is
      definitely
      a
      student
      victory,’’
      Pottier
      said.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
      November
      28,
      1991
      |
      Page
      z