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Time 1S Running O'ut St. John's Style Time 1s running o'ut Government to sign a new deal for student loan serv_ice BY KAREN GRIFFIN direct result of the massive cut­ _ernment pays banks a certain per­ backs to post secondary educa­ centage when a student defaults Governments have to sign a new tion imposed by the Liberal gov­ on a student loan, a default can be deal with banks for student loan ernment, they caused exorbitant as much as not paying your loan service increases in tuition fees and dev­ for several months or being late on The federal government is plan­ astating student debt loads." said a payment by ..as little as a day. ning to have the Canada Student Davies. Students are also not allowed to Loan program delivered by pri­ Davies also says that by reclaim­ declare bankruptcy until approxi­ vate sector service bureaus which ing the operation of delivering mately two years after graduation will remove the power from the student loans, students will not be which Vatcher sees as part of the banks. saved from incredible debt. problem behind banks-running the They have come under fire from "Merely shuffling the responsi­ program. students who have been enduring - bility for loans from one financial "If I go out and shoot somebody poor service and financial ruin institution to another will not solve for God's sake I can declare bank­ since the banks began providing the current crisis." ruptcy but if 1'.m a student I can't the service in 1995. Chris Vatcher, MUNSU execu­ it's crazy the law right now and the The banks have also been slow tive member, says that the banks'. kids are' being victimized. Hope­ to accept any deals from the gov­ delivery of student loans are the fully the government realizes and ernment since pulling out of the major part of the financial crip­ take responsibility for the services agreement in the spring of this pling of students under debt. they are suppo~ed to be provid­ year. The_deadline date to reach an "In risk sharing the govern­ ing," said Vatcher. agreement is July 31st and is ment's providing a lot of money to He points out that while 93% of quickly approaching and there the banks because of when they student loans are in the process of have been no final agreements. arranged this," said Vatcher ''The repayment, only 15% of business Libby Davies, an federal MP for banks will say they're losing loans are and that this is a serious British Columbia argues that money but in fact they're not los­ problem. transferring the service to private ing money, they're making a for­ "You're beating on students sector bureaus or back to the gov­ tune but they don't think they're when the fact is you don't have ernment is not going to solve the making as much as they should to." says Vatcher. problem. be." While loan service providers ''The crisis we face today is a In a risk sharing deal, the gov- • Please see "Loans" page 2 Pri·de week; St. John's style Newfoundland Pride -w:eek more a celebration than protest. - BY RAY CRITCH having discussions with the jus­ watched the events. "People walk tice department to bring provin­ across it with their families and The St. John's Pride Week offi­ cial legislation in line with the children and they didn't like it, cially began with the raising of the federal law." they would walk away, but a rainbow flag at City Hall on Mon­ However, there is still progress number of them stayed and day, July 17th. to be made. "Obviously legisla­ watched." This week's celebrations, "He­ tion is not a fast thing that hap­ Denise Walsh, General director roic Past, Proud Future," are espe­ pens. Even with the decision of of LBGT-MUN also felt that the cially important to the members of Justice Leo Barry, it was upwards situation for their community had the Gay and Lesbian community of three years until we got the improved on campus: She said, "I . as in the past year they have been ,provincial legislation changed to think things have improved · tre­ given official status in the human have sexual orientation included mendously. Th~ way-that we can rights code of Newfoundland and in -the Human Rights Code." said judge it is our involvement. .. Four Labrador, as well as the same sta­ Riehl, "Afterthatwillbethetouchy years ago was When the centre was tus as other common-law couples · topic of same sex unions. I think founded and since then it's grown underfederallegislation. They will that will be our next challenge." tremendously. Right now we have also take a much more jovial tone And discrimination is still hap­ about 25-30 active members." than the protest oriented events of pening, though less than in previ­ The support centre for members years past. ous years. Tracy Adamson, a mem­ of the Gay and Lesbian commu­ · Michael Riehl, Chairman of ber ofNGALE said that when she nity on campus is also heavily Newfouµdland Gays and Lesbi­ opened a second business which involved in pride week. Accord­ ans for Equality (NGALE) said, partly catered to the <1ay and Les­ ing to Walsh, though there are no "We've also seen some great ad-· bian community,' she was worried events planned for campus aside vances this year in the province about persecution, but that these from the centre's display in the and in the country ...Bill C-23 was fears have, gladly, gone unrealized. University Centre Cafeteria, they passed. This now allows same-sex Riehl added that the previous were co-&ponsoring a barbecue on couples to have the same rights night's festivities, the Drag Race, _Saturday, July 22"d, and would be and responsibilities as common - went without incident, and many active participators in the events law couples. At the same time we' re tourists and. others stayed and •Please see "NGALE" page 2 2 NEWS The Muse July 21, 2000 •• The Muse July 21, 2000 NEWS 3 NGALE New Frontiers, New • Continued from page 1 that were planned by NGALE Also, Karen Murphy, a student Traditio·ns in Newfoundland working with the centre said that they are planning their own MUN Eighth National Conference a success for Women in Science and Engineering Pride Week for the first week of classes, concurrent with orienta­ BY KAREN GRIFFIN The conference held from realized through a cooperative nology and science in the past tion activities for all first year stu­ July 6 1h-8•h,was attended by education program. couple of years since the last con­ dents. The volunteer organization over two hundred women from "I liked it but I didn't want to ference. Othercelebrationsin this week's of women in science and engi­ across the country and across do this for the rest of my life "In the past couple of years the Pride activities included Women's neering played host to a na­ the world. It was described by and I chose engineering be­ ratios ofwomen to men has changed, and Men's dances on Tuesday and tional conference two weeks both the hosts and those in at­ cause it looked.Jike you weren't companies have changed and the Wednesday respectively, picnics, ago. The_ Canadian Coalition tendance as a great success. closing any doors, it's job that careers themselves have changed." bowling parties and various other of Women in Engineering, Sci­ Susan Pfister, a graduate stu­ allows you to do some creative said Williams. events culminating in the annual ence and technology met for dent of ci vii engi11eering at Me­ thinking but also science and She said that although there march on Sunday, July 23n1. their eighth annual conference. morial found the conf.erence to math." have been a few sciences where Some of the topics discussed . be a worthwhile experience. Dr. Mary Williams, program women have already had a strong at this conference were how to "It was great. It was very in­ chair of the conference and a pro­ background, such as biology, there Loans recruit and retain women in the spirational it was educational, fessor of engineering here at Me­ are areas of Memorial where there • Continued from page 1 field of STEM (science, tech­ I really enjoyed it and I'rh glad morial, explained that women are are no female faculty members. have not yet made deals with the nology' engineering and math­ that I went and the name of the still a minority in particular fields This imbalance in gender ratjos government, plans for September ematics), how to network conference, New Frontiers, of science and technology and the however, has gone up. Approxi­ distribution of the $1 billion dol­ . within your chosen field, edu­ New Traditions, it was really conference was in part to figure mately 20% of the engineering lar program are said to be running cation of such career opportu­ appropriate I thought." said out why that is and how to change faculty. at MUN is female, yet in smoothly. "As of Sept everything nities for girls and boys in Pfister. this. recent 'years this figure has . not will smoothly, there's no worries highschool ·and below, and to Pfister became interested in the She also discussed that since the increased. The ·rigures, says about that hopefully everything learn about women's contribu­ fieldofengineeringafterherdream lastconferencetwo years ago, there Williams tend to go up and down will run smoothly and hopefully tions to this field. of being a veterinarian became have been major changes to tech- yearly.
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