N NS an Average Undergraduate Student Pays $6,571, Which Is More Than $2,200 Above the National Average of $4,347
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139-01 I September 07 - September 14, 2006 FREE Photo: Rafal Andronowski ~ (J ) l - I c~t n a n a.-;. 'L! ~ •-: ~~- -~..,- s'£ ""ou ~ oP..\.. 0 o£- s ~ 0 \) We're #1 In Tuition Every year Statistics Canada releases a report on tuition levels across the country. Nova Scotia has maintained the position as the most expensive province to obtain a post-secondary degree. In NS an average undergraduate student pays $6,571, which is more than $2,200 above the national average of $4,347. 1111111111 FRIDAY, SEPT 8, $10 The DSU, the Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations (ANSSA), our provincial lobby group, and GRAN~ IIIEfl BUS t.'lOtreJ rnm~n~rn the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), SATURDAY, SEPT 9, $6 our federal lobby group, sent out press releases last 1enn Grant and The Night Painters Friday on the Stats Can report. All three +The Nordic Beat <NFLD) + DCLvis organizations called for the provincial and federal governments to finally take action and address our faltering post secondary education system. The DSU will also be taking a leading role in Education Day on Wednesday, September 13. This is an unprecedented event taking place simultaneously at more than a dozen student unions across the Maritimes. The intention of the day is to highlight the fact that students in the Maritimes face the highest costs in Canada. In Nova Scotia, not only is tuition the highest in the country, but the burden placed on students is rated to be the largest of any province or state, making Nova Scotia the least affordable jurisdiction in North America. I will be moderating a panel discussion starting at 6:30pm in the SUB, featuring a representative from the provincial government as well as both of the provincial opposition parties' post-secondary education critics. This is your chance to ask tough questions to those who are behind the policy decisions that affect your life as a student. Questions should be submitted in advance of the 13th to the VP Education Mike Tipping at [email protected]. FRIDAY, SEPT 22, $8 THE NOVAKS +guests After the panel discussion, the DSU will be hosting a 11 We' re #1... in Tuition!" party at the Grawood featuring SATURDAY, SEPT 23, $6 God Made Me Funky and The Stance. Students can dance iliA lilh ihl IUllll'fll to the hottest Toronto funk as well as fill out + llt¥1Htlli + Ku~&um ri&&ea + AU if lrtta postcards to the premier, urging him to invest in higher education. • discounted flights • Reading Week/ Spring Break trips • flights back home Imagine DSU: • adventure travel On Thursday September 28th we will be hosting our • rail & bus passes second Imagine DSU event. This is an opportunity for • work abroad you as a student to influence the direction the DSU •ISIC cards • tours & insurance takes over the next year by helping us answer some of ... so much more our most pressing questions. Keep an eye on our websites for more information. ----------------Travel CUTS- Dalhousie ) See you around campus, stop by, or call anytime, Ezra Edelstein DSU President Room 222 SUB [email protected] my.dsu.ca I www.dsu.ca -------------- --- We're all students, aren't we? Certifiably insane? Editor-In-Chief A "staff contributor" is a member of the paper defined as Rafal Andronowski a person who has had three voluntrcr articles, or photo graphs of reasonable length, and/or substance published in ed1tor <' dalgazette.ca three different issues within tht" current publishing year. 11re Gazetre is the official wrillen record of Dalhousie Uni· Copy Editor versity since 1868 and is open to participation from all stu· Jess McDiarmid dents. 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Opinions expressed in submitted letters are solely those of the authors. Editorials in The C.azette are signed and represent the opinions of the Photo Editor writer(s), not necessarily those of The Gazette staff, Edito John Packman rial Board, publisher, or Dalhousie University. photo t Office Manager RAFAL ANDRONOWSKI critical and creative students to fill puter screen, all the while nervously Barry Knight 6136 University Avenue info ''dalgazette ca Editor-in-Chief the holes left behind by those who twitching a mouse and greedily o, ·e'' a!, • e.ca Halifax, Nova Scotia www.dalgazette.ca departed. slurping coffee. B3H 412 infor·•'dalgazette c.a A t 7 a.m. the alarm goes off. An The remains of last year's staff Further in the recesses of The Sextant Editor flnoyed, I press the 'shut up' are, as a prerequisite for journalists Office are stacks of newsprint, yel General Inquiries Advertising Inquiries button, roll over and hide my head s£, • «ta I. (902) 494 - 6532 of all kinds, quite insane. lowed with age, leaning heavily (902) 494 - 2507 under the covers. "Just a few more lv IS n .,_~e You do not have to be clinically against a wall. Ancient computers minutes, I tell myself." The unwel insane to get involved with The Ga and peripherals lie in piles in a cor come pitter-patter of rain-a norm zette. We accept all types. But as the ner, spilling guts of cables and wires. in Halifax, it seems - lulls me back years pass, the mold that is our of Garbage cans proudly display the All contributions in this issue of The Gazette were made by the staff listed above and to sleep. fice may squeeze and shape you into remains of the previous evening's the following contributors: Mike McGuire, Michael Dooham and Anu Jindal. Fifteen minutes later, I re-awak a sleep-deprived, hung-over being feast - stacks of pizza boxes and Tim en with a start. My eyes snap open; with an addiction to the adrenaline Horton's cups. Contributor meetings take place every Monday at 5:30 p.m. in Room 312 of the I energetically throw off the bed drug known as 'deadline.' We are, after all, students just Dalhousie SUB starting the first week of the academic year. We need writers, sheets, stand up and hit my head on Joining the ranks is simple like you. We study (sometimes), go photographers, illustrators, readers and ideas. If you can contribute any of these, the angled ceiling of my attic apart enough. to classes (usually) and go drinking please drop us a line or come by the office. ment. Just come to one of our weekly (always). The previous day had begun in meetings. These take place at 5:30 What we all have in common is much the same way: early morning p.m. on Monday in room 312 of the The Gazette. And we all got involved start, late night finish, with count Student Union Building. If you don't in the same way. less hours of work in between. know where this is, refer to our Stu You come to the meeting, eke out Welcome to the daily grind, or so dent Guide for vague directions. a feeble 'Hi' and nervously glance the expression goes. A word of warning, however, is in around the room for a familiar face. Gazette It is, of course, the start of Sep order here. Everyone is introduced and the sec tember. Underneath fading leaves, Beware the editor with a crazy tion editors launch into their story heavy clouds obscure visions of look in the eye, rushing around with ideas and assignments. All you have Are you a writer? Photographer? summer and streams of rain wash paper and pen, screaming obsceni to do is step up and say'Tll do it." Illustrator? A reader? away any remaining memory of ties into a phone and furiously hit That's it. You're in. warm, sunny skies.