Students Rally for Tuition Freeze All We Hear Is Radio Ga-Ga
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This means location originally that on-air or off, the sta- intended is inadequate. tion is not expected to During the construction bring in any revenue with- of the William Street facili- in the first two years. ty, engineers discovered While the cost issue is that noise from pipes run- out in the open, some ning through the ceiling things about Red River's would interfere with sound radio station will remain a quality in the on-air studio mystery, at least for a little and make sound proofing while. When asked what difficult. the station's call letters, Construction is proceed- CKIC, stand for, McGregor ing, but the current loca- wasn't ready to talk. tion will only be temporary, "We'd like to keep that a while another studio on the secret for now, until we can main floor of the Adelaide issue a press release and building is built. make an event out of it," "Their, construction he says. schedule got ahead of the Vive le revolution: Students exercise democratic rights on the steps of the Legislature. The question of a station design," says Creative Arts manager is also something chair Bob McGregor. that has yet been resolved. McGifford noncommittal on tuition freeze Red River College was "We are about to embark granted its radio licence in on a personnel search for a provincial government has September, but the airwaves station manager," says By Joff Schmidt issue of tuition hikes at the at 92.9 FM have been n Feb. 5, hundreds shown a strong commitment University of Manitoba's law McGregor, adding that they to advanced education, not- silent. hope to have hired some- of post-secondary faculty. The U of M's board of McGregor says the station students joined in a ing the province's tuition governors recently approved a one by the time the station O will be up and running is ready. rally, organized by the freeze, reduction of tuition, 90 per cent tuition hike, to be $16 million per year in educa- within a month, much to For Creative Communications Canadian Federation of phased in over three years, the relief of many students. Students, to demand that tion bursaries, and contribu- which contradicts the radio instructor Garry Moir, tions to post-secondary capi- "Most of the equipment finding a station manager the province's freeze on province's tuition freeze poli- has already arrived," he tuition fees be maintained. tal, including $30 million for cy, says University of isn't a big priority com- Red River College's Princess says. "It's just a matter of pared to getting the station Approximately 400 students Winnipeg Students' setting it up now." met at the University of " Street campus. Association vice-president up and running with the However, McGifford was The discovery of the bugs worked out. Winnipeg and marched advocate Margaret Carlyle. offending pipes is the sec- through downtown Winnipeg noncommittal on whether Carlyle dismisses critics "So much was out of our the tuition freeze will be ond time construction of control," he says of the to the Legislature, where who say the freeze has lasted the station has been Advanced Education Minister maintained in this year's long enough. "Yes, it can last construction delays. "We budget, expected in March. delayed. have to make the most out Diane McGifford addressed forever," Carlyle says. The delays began when the students. "I can't talk about the She argues that making of what we've got this year, budget, because that's the phase three of the Princess and kick it into high gear Manitoba's post-secondary education more accessible for Street project became phase students have enjoyed a Minister of Finance," students by maintaining a in September, once the McGifford said. one to allow the Creative broadcast major is in tuition freeze since 2000. The tuition freeze is an invest- Arts department to move in province has also lowered That answer wasn't enough ment for the government. place." to satisfy the students, who this past September. CKIC will be run by the tuition fees by 10 per cent "Statistics show that people Because of this shift, the since 1999. loudly booed the announce- who have a university educa- newly formed Cre Comm ment. construction of the William Radio Ltd. The not-for-prof- "I have great respect for tion contribute $50,000 more Street building had to move activism," McGifford told the Many were also upset that in taxes," she says. it organization that will act McGifford did not address the ahead of the design and the rally. She maintains that the radio station could not be as a separate entity from continued on page 5 continued on page 7 2 THE PROJECTOR- FEBRUARY 10, 2003 SA scholarships set to address student needs Four new awards created at RRC for students By de Villiers van Zyl lege. The partnership, creat- ed six years ago when Coke ed River students received exclusive selling now have access to rights on campus, con- Rfour newly catego- tributed to the security of rized annual scholarships the SA. of $750 each, thanks to "Based on our whole oper- the Students' ation being more financially Association's endowment secured, we are running very fund of over $200,000. efficiently right now and The SA created three of managing to not spend the new scholarships to aid every dime that comes in, groups of students that had and that's allowed us to previously been neglected: accumulate this scholarship single parents in need, stu- fund," says Desnoyers. "This dents with disabilities, and money has started out, in students with the highest one form or another, as stu- academic achievement at a dent money. We have lever- regional campus. The fourth aged it into more money, scholarship is the Chad and now it is interest that Hildebrand Memorial Award we are paying back to stu- for leadership qualities and dents." community involvement. The scholarships are "We wanted to go after derived from the interest areas that weren't already received on the fund and SA president David Lyman presents Chad Hildebrand Memorial Award to Mitch Huyghebaert. addressed in the current list not the fund itself, in order of awards, bursaries and to sustain and secure the scholarships of the college," fund for use in a similar says SA executive director manner next year. Desnoyers Student remembered by SA Owen Desnoyers. says the goal of such a fund lapsed, and fell into a coma. remembers Hildebrand as a The fund is part of an is to make it self-sustaining By Elaine Richards ongoing development pro- After a week, he was taken off very thoughtful and involved in a manner that will allow he Students' life support and died. student who provided good gram with the province of it to grow. Association present- Manitoba, in which the Hildebrand's friends and advice while serving on the "As funds grow, interest Ted the first annual family remember him as an Student Advisory Board from province matches every dol- rates rise, and therefore we Chad Hildebrand lar the SA contributes active member of the student 1998 to 2000. may be contributing if we Memorial Award to RRC body and the community. Since Hildebrand's death, toward the endowment found ourselves with some student Mitch fund. "[Chad] always had to be and the death of 13-year-old extra money and we can Huyghebaert at a ceremo- the one to organize things," Brittanie Cecil last year at a "The SA recognized the afford it," says Desnoyers. ny at the Greenwood Inn potential of this very rare says his father, Nick Columbus Blue Jackets game He says the SA is strongly on Feb. 5. Hildebrand. When he left the under similar circumstances, matching-dollar scenario, behind an increase in the The cash award of $750 was and we took advantage of it town of Altona to attend Red nets have been installed to number of scholarships fur- named for the Business River College, his father was protect spectators. by putting aside as much ther down the road. Administration graduate who money as we could in these sure of Chad's success because The Chad Hildebrand Students interested can died in a tragic hockey rink of the interest and leadership Memorial Award will be three years," says Desnoyers. apply through the awards accident in March 2000. The SA's ability to put qualities he showed in every- awarded every year to a mem- office, room C306 at the Hildebrand was only 21 when thing he did. ber in good standing with the aside this sum of money is Notre Dame campus.