Deaf Students Keep Interpreters by DAVE STODDART the Students Can at Least Finish This Transfer to Someplace in Tie U.S
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THVol. LXVII, No. 25 E UBYSSEVancouver, B.C. Tuesday, December 4,1984 •&•>••• 48 Y228-2301 Deaf students keep interpreters By DAVE STODDART the students can at least finish this transfer to someplace in tie U.S. Lynn Fiddaway, Western In daway said. "The media coverage Deaf students at UBC will keep school year. where an interpreter would he fund stitute for the Deaf's executive seemed to really stir some action, interpreters for the balance of the "I'm particularly concerned ed." director, said the universities though. We finally got someone to academic year, the labor minister about these students," he said. Vlug said all three deaf itudenis ministry funded 10 per cent of their take some responsibility for the announced Thursday. "They've made a commitment to will now be staying at UBC and will budget in the past but provided funds." go to school, and we can't let them continue to do so as loni as the nothing this year because the Universities minister's assistant Bob McLelland said the ministry translators remain available. treasury board turned them down. Jane Burnes could not be reached will give the Western Institute for down halfway through." Vlug, who is also Greater Van "It was a hard struggle," Fid for comment Monday. the Deaf $42,000 to provide inter Henry Vlug, a deaf UBC law stu couver Association of tie Deaf preters for three deaf UBC dent, said only extraordinary deaf president, said he hopes tiis inci students. The labor ministry will students would have been able to at dent brings increased fumling for fund the institute because the tend UBC without the aid of inter all disabled students. universities ministry cut a $20,000 UBC: no promises preters. "Other disabled student; deserve grant helping pay for deaf "Deaf students would have to go media attention also," I e said. By ROBERT BEYNON dents entering programs they can translators, he said. elsewhere if they wanted an educa "Media pressure is respon ible for The senate budget committee has finish those programs, the commit McLelland said the money was tion," Vlug said. "Nigel Howard, this change. I speak on behalf of all recommended to UBC's president tee's chair said Monday. provided on an emergency basis so arts 2, might have been forced to of us by saying thank you. ' that UBC should not promise stu- Geoffrey Scudder said in these fi nancially tight times UBC cannot promise students they will finish a program they have begun. "I do think the university should make every effort to allow those students to finish their program, though," Scudder said. He said each faculty and department should be looked at individually before senate decides whether to cut a pro gram or not. This June UBC's senate agreed to terminate the special education de partment although numerous stu dents were part way through the program. After the students pro tested the senate and administration agreed to continue the course until students presently enrolled in it had finished their program. Don Holubitsky, student board of governors member, said UBC must promise students entering a program they will be allowed to fin ish it if UBC wants to keep its repu tation. "There are moral, ethical and le gal reasons why the university should confirm students can com plete a course they had registered for," he said. When students register at UBC the university is agreeing to educate them in a certain area as long as they abide by the calendar rules, Holubitsky said, and UBC cannot change the rules halfway through their program. President George Pedersen is both receptive and supportive to the proposal, Holubitsky said. But Robert Smith, administration vice president academic, said UBC cannot make these promises. He "I DEFY YOU to stop me," says defiant student in Brock Hall while copying his 11th page. — rory a. photo added that in the calendar UBC does take responsibility to do its best to provide students with their expected courses. Regina students oppose second tuition fee increase "The university cannot lock itself into five year commitments when it REGINA (CUP) — University of U of R students plan to hold a Felix Gray said. cent. Students in the new ; ear will is getting its operating fund on a Regina students are organizing forum after the Christmas holidays Gray said he fears some students be asked to pay a total of 18.9 per year by year basis," Smith said. against a recently announced tui on the increase and write postcards cent more money than last year. may not be able to attend school as tion fee increase of 9.3 per cent to to provincial education minister "We must organize now so that a result of the increase and that fun take effect in January, 1985, while Colin Maxwell in protest. we can go to them in January and ding cutbacks to the university as a UBC students await a January The increase comes less than six have intelligent, questions that they whole are damaging the quality of Library hours uppod board of governors decision on* months after the university board cannot walk away from. This is only education. their fee hike. of governors raised fees by 19.6 per the beginning," student o ganizer Along with interested faculty Library hours for Main, Law, members, Gray said he wants stu Music, Social Work and Woodward dents to conduct "departmental libraries will be extended through searches" to determine which areas out the exam period to what they are being hit the hardest. were before September, 1984 cut Some faculty have already drawn backs took effect. Assistant university librarian Bill UBCs community is so generous the teaching as ceive at least one full box of canned goods per day up a letter outlining the effects of Watson said the library decided to sistants* food bank drive collected two cardboard rather than two every week.. | underfunding and giving pointers to "restore the hours when they are boxes of canned goods from UBC's 30,000 plus com One box in Ponderosa building near the language other faculty and students on how most needed," during exam period. munity last week. laboratory receives a lot of contributions, j de la to protest in writing to the govern Watson said the library decided Cueva said, which makes him think foreign stjudents ment. Late Monday afternoon a food bank box to the when the cutback in hours was orig are contributing. University administration presi left of Main library's main door had only three cans inally made that those hours would of beans, tuna and corn in it. Another box in SUB De la Cueva added, "Last Friday we were siill try dent Lloyd Barber was so incensed by the move that he called at least be restored during exam period "if beside Speakeasy had three contributions as well. ing to get a box into the faculty club." He sfid the money was available" to do so. club told him a committee had to approve its; place one faculty member into his office Teaching Assistants Union president Horacio de la Watson said the money to pro ment there. to explain the letter's motives. Cueva said Monday the organizers are disappointed Barber could not be reached for vide staff for the additional hours It is a mystery why people aren't contributing, he with their results. comment. came from savings from unfilled li said. "The boxes were put where we thought there brary positions. "Sometimes it's "We have to show Vancouver the university com was a lot of foot traffic," he said, adding high ti affie The university faces a potential munity cares about the city, otherwise we'll be ac $750,000 deficit this year in addi hard to find suitable people to fill area boxes in Woodward library and the biological them (these positions) and this frees cused of being a greedy bunch in an ivory tower," de sciences building received practically no donations. tion to the $2 million deficit carried over from last year. up some money," he said. la Cueva said. The union, which organized the food bank collec Schedules for the respective li He said in a similar sized community anywhere else tion, is still hoping for a stronger turnout this week, UBC's board raised tuition 33 per braries can be obtained from each in B.C. the food bank collection organizers would re de la Cueva said. cent last year and say there will be at least a 10 per cent hike this year. library. Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, December 4,1984 Student fast aids starving FREDERICTON (CUP) — tends to raise money at the two pians, this year alone, are expected Richard Hutchins has added one universities for relief of starvation to starve to death. I guess that's more name to the list of the world's in that African country. Members what hit me the most," he said. starving. are trying to decide how to raise "We range from Christian Bible The University of New money and to determine the most study group students, acting out of Brunswick student says he will eat efficient organization to channel it Christian concerns, to students ac only bread and water until students through. ting for humanitarian reasons, to at the University of New Brunswick SHE secretary Robert Hynes was those of us acting for a combination and St. Thomas University raise jolted into action by the realization of the two," said Hynes. $10,000 to help Ethiopian famine that "it's not hundreds or At UBC World University Ser victims.