The Cord Weekly (November 18, 1993)
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Nov. 24 SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20 hllli hmmm TUESDmmEMBERS Sat Nov. 27 NEWS Clayoquot stump on tour VIRGINIA PARKER another day to hoist the stump onto Cord News a truck, Muhr said. A grim example of the destruction WCWC, a volunteer based of Canada's forests - a massive organization, is using the stump as stump from Clayoquot Sound - a way to initially contact people found its way to the University of regarding the issues surrounding Waterloo campus this past Tues- Clayoquot. day. "We have gotten a lot of atten- Clayoquot Sound is one ofthe tion from people who wouldn't world's largest remaining ancient have thought of the issue," said temperate rain-forests. It is located Muhr, "People sec this big stump on Vancouver Island and, it Brit- driving through their town and ish Columbia's government has its want to find out more about it." way, it will soon be clear cut by the WCWCvolunteers, like Muhr, MacMillan and Bloedel logging have also built hiking trails through company. Clayoquot, giving people a chance The 400 year old cedar stump to see the forest for themselves has been on tour since early Octo- before it gets completely cut down. ber. So far, it has gone from Van- Although both logging and couver across Canada to Montreal protesting in Clayoquot have and has now returned to Southern slowed down with the arrival of Ontario. Before it was chopped winter, Clayoquot maintains its down in 1988, it was about 50 confrontational climate. "There are metres (150 feet) high. no longer any daily blockades of "The ironic thing is that cedar the logging road, it's just too cold," Too large to measure with the human eye. pic: Virginia Parker isn't worthanything to MacMillan said Muhr, "but there are still block- Bloedel. They're clear cut just to ades - in fact, 19 people from the Clayoquot have also gone to Eu- "With clear-cutting, the entire ests," said Muhr, "Before we cut get them out of the way", said Clayoquot Express were arrested rope and the United States to habitat is destroyed.." Muhr said. the rest, let's find out more about Maria Muhr, a volunteer from the just last week". educate about the Clayoquot is- This includes everything from mi- it". Western Canada Wilderness Com- "People are looking for ways sue, Muhr said. cro-organisms that live in a forest's The stump will continue its mittee (WCWC), who is touring to continue protesting over the "But," said Muhr, "the for- healthy soil to endangered species tour of the area, stopping at the with the stump. winter, " Muhr said, "They are est is not just trees. The wildlife likeowlsthatonly live inold-growth Stone Road Mall in Guclph on It took eight volunteers and raisingawarenessalloverthecoun- is so diverse - everything from forests. Thursday and Friday, before com- four days to dig the 10 000 pound try". salamanders to black bears and "There's just so much we don't ing to Market Square in Kitchener stump out of the ground, and then Some organizations from cougars". know about the life in these for- on Saturday. Will tuition increases endup inthebureaucratic blackhole? MARK HEASLEY tario Undergraduate Student Alli- and the continued decline of qual- 37 recommendations that it believes that they are not covered by OSAP Cord News ance (OUSA), identified what it ity in our schools. Ontario ranks would result in a quantum improve- and there is no tax credit for them. With the Octoberrelease of"In the believes to be the greatest problem ninth out of the ten provinces in ment in the post-secondary educa- OUSA recommends that any in- Public Interest: Ensuring Quality, faced by students today: rising tui- terms offunding provided to uni- tion system, that would benefit stu- crease in funding for universities, Accessibility, and Accountability tion, decreasing government sup- versities from the government. dents, faculty, administration, and (as they provide an alternate source in Ontario Universities", the On- port of post-secondary education, OUSA's response is a set of society as a whole. In its report, of funds) should coincide with a OUSA quotes economists in general decrease in ancillary fees. as agreeing that "the relative wealth OUSA has also voiced con- Teach-in on Bosnia atLaurier ofOntario is based on precisely those cerns that further tuition increases elements of the economy most de- will provide funds that will only pendent on education". disappear into the black hole of Therefore, OUSA claims that it general university expenses, rather is in the interest of all Ontario to than going towards improving the improve and further support the edu- quality ofour education in specific cation system. Education not only faculties and programs. To pre- provides a more skilled workforce, vent this, OUSA recommends that but also lessens the likelihood of the government set up Quality unemployment. Enhancement Funds that will con- Among the recommendations, sist of at least 25% of the increased is student consent for tuition in- funding. These funds will be to creases, contingent on the elimina- directly improve the quality of tion of ancillary fees, ensuring that education and be managed by a money intended for quality enhance- committee made up mostly of stu- ment of the University is properly dent body representatives. spent. Another recommendation is a A new and improved student revamping of the student assistance financial assistance program is also program, so loans arc available to all called for in the report. In the near in a system that recognizes all the future (1996/97) OUSA would like costs of education with a more hu- to see a system that would have the mane collection system. This would all the real direct costs of educa- make university education more ac- tion (books, rent, food, etc.) cov- cessible and provide increased ac- ered, would allow for everyone to countability of administration, pro- receive financial assistance, re- fessors, and the University as a whole. gardless of parental contribution, Ancillary fees are often a veiled and a repayment plan that would form of tuition increase that are be- only kick in after the graduated ing increasingly abused by universi- student earns an income in excess ties, the report says. The added dan- of a minimum amount. Panel of experts remember Bosnia on Thursday. pic: Rich Vollering ger of these increases to students, is Continued on page 4 4 NEWS THE CORD Thursday, November 18, 1993 A moment to remember AMANDA DOWLING Slowly the absurdity of it all of the professors in the School of Cord News Commentary began to sink in. Here the profes- Businessand Economics who were This morning, as my Economics sor stood at the front of the room, lecturing at eleven o'clock, I was lecture droned on, something im- preaching the virtues of the free dismayed to find that less than one portant happened. At eleven market system, while at the same quarter of them stopped their ser- o'clock, while the rest of us contin- time, forgetting completely the mons for a minute of silence. ued to scribble down lecture notes, brave men and terrified youth that Those who didn't said that they thegirl beside me put down hcrpen gave their lives for this freedom. "just forgot" or "never really and sat quietly for a minute to Perhaps too many of us are begin- thought about it". Did the poppies honour one of the most important ning to take the opportunity to work on the collars of the people they days of the year that all too many and live in liberty all too much for passed in the hallways this morn- people have forgotten. The rest of granted. Remembrance Day was ing fail to remind them? Did our the room didn't seem to notice once a national holiday; nowadays professors not notice the front page what time it was; most probably it's not always noted. of the paper today on their way to didn't even realize what day it was, Thesethoughtsstayed with me the stock market listings? but she remembered, and her sol- through the day as 1 attended the Most of them knew what the emn minute of silence reminded rest of my lectures. Later, 1 decided dollar closed at yesterday. Most of me. totakean informal poll. Calling all them knew whether the TSE rose or fell, yet most of them didn't know it was Remembrance Day. Is the OUSA lobby Lest we forget. That's not the only reason why group in your interest? the day wasn't honoured in lec- tures. One professor felt that it-was assume Continued— from page 3 concerns ofOntario students heard wrong to that everyone r v? To allow more people (espe- in the hallowed halls of Queen's celebrates this day.