Grim Forcast for Advanced Education by Minister
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^¥¥17 STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE * MMMJ VOLUME 29, ISSUE 24, March 23, 1995 MELIORIST (Photo by Leah McCartney) Shock Head Peter played last Friday afternoon, kicking off the Zoo's regular Friday afternoon live and free entertainment Grim forcast for advanced Rex and Margorie Little awards dinner well received education by minister and raised in Lethbridge and raised organizations and businesses. As for By Cassie Liska their family here. Rex and Marjorie the future, both Marjorie and Rex "It guarantees around $300 Reporter qualified as the first husband and wife look forward to spending more time By Brad Pace million a year that would go towards team of C. A. sin 1958, Marjorie being with their family and hope tocontinue Reporter the debt," said Ady, who was in The faculty of Management's only the fifth woman to join the Alberta affirming the assets of Lethbridge in Cardston March 18, for a health Advisory Council and the Institute of Chartered Accountants. any way they can. For those students graduating this forum. Management Students' Society The couple established Little and The evening was concluded with year and washing your hands of "(If there was a surplus above hosted the eighth annual Little, their own accounting firm and the comedy by Bob Robertson of management scholarship fund dinner ran the growing business from their CBC's Flip Side and was followed university life, congratulations. For $300 million in one year), the rest of on Friday, March 17. The evening home. Starting in 1959, Rex was a by dancing with the Lethbridge Big the rest of you who are planning on it would go back into priority sireas, was in honour of Rex and Marjorie full-time manager for the Campbell Band. subsequent years of higher reinvestment back into the province", Little and was an overall success. Clinic and assisted with the couple's The evening was an overall education—things are going to get a said Ady. Beginning with greetings from accounting practice. In 1980, Marjorie success due lo the efforts of the lot worse before they get any better The debt would be the first the University and the Management accepted a position as a full-time organizing committee which in Lethbridge and the rest of Alberta. priority, according to the bill, and Students' Society, the evening then controller of Time Air. consisted of: Marilyn Hawryluk, That's if you believe less money for any surplus in the budget above $300 turned to the presentation ol awards. Rex has been a member ol the U of Dean Gallimore, George Lermer, education in Alberta will lead to a million would go into things like The 1995 case competition were then L Board of Governors, president of Rex and Marjorie Little and Roman awarded to the team of: Roman the Downtown Kiwanis Club and vice- Rybar. Corporate sponsorship made lower quality of education. education and health-care, said Ady. Rybar, Melanie Frayn, John Yagos, chairman of the Lethbridge Chamber the evening possible and contributed When the Albertan government Post-secondary students have Jim Regan ol Price Waterhouse, and of Commerce. Marjorie has been a to it's overall success. starts running a surplus, it will not already heard bad news from the Bob Harkness, the alumni member member of both the Treasury Additional 1994 awards and put some of the money back into the federal government, which decided of the team. The second award ol the Managers'Association of Canada and recipients include: The David places il cut to reduce its deficit, like to cut 30% of its transfer payments evening was the student consulting the American Women's Society of Hughes Scholarship: Sin Kiat Poll, education, said Jack Ady, the to the provinces next year. aw;ud and was presented lo Shelley Certified Public Accountants. In The Stubb Ross Memorial provincial Minister of Advanced Heather-Jane Robertson, the Mattson. addition, she was a member of the Scholarship: Colleen Meagher, The building committee for the Lethbridge Andy Anderson Scholarship: Diana Education and Career Development. author of Class Warfare: An Assault The evening continued with a tribute to Rex and Marjorie Little. and district YWCA, and an executive Arn, The Leonard Haney "As a matter of fact," said Ady, on Public Education, said at a speech Shining light on their past member of the Lethbridge C. A. Club. Scholarship: Diana Arn, The John and MLA for the Cardston area, "we at the Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, experiences and achievements, Looking back, both Rex and Williams scholarship: Serena have a bill tabled in the house March 14, that schools are Margaret Ross, Orvill Kope, Dennis Marjorie fell privileged to have been Overing, and The Reed C. and Eva presently which calls for the orderly dramatically affected by big (VConnell and Hob Wilson honored a shaping influence in the lives of Ellison Memorial Scholarship: Jason paydown (sic) of the deN, much as their friends. many Lethbridge individuals, families, Rosner. you would with your own mortgage." (See grim forcast on page 3) Moth Rex and Marjorie were born 2 the Meliorist. Mfar-eh 23, 1995 ' News Health plan cost Speaking the unspoken decreasing change, noting that "the Lethbridge By Kim MacDonald Community College has a $100 Reporter health care plan." Reducing the cost of the plan As of September 1995, students was one of Aspillaga's goals for at the University of Lethbridge will the last four months of his term. have a little bit less to pay when "I think we can still improve it," school fees come due. said Aspillaga, "it should decrease every year, not increase." as the inspiration for the new series. Stephens, who spoke on "The Worst Mistake In The Prehistory Of The THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHUKIlx;i To that end, By Tyler Ball Fine Arts student, Leanne Elias, was STUDENTS' UNION council Reporter in attendance at the last round of Human Race" , followed by passed a speeches and is one of the students professor Leslie Dawn's "Silence recommendation As part of the on going that pushed for a more in depth look And The Horizons Of Discourse" for next year's educational lectures known as "The at the issue. held on March 22. SI council that Speaker Series", a group of five Elias said that, "The symposium Future presentations will be made the price professors have prepared speeches was very interesting, but the speakers by professor Hillary Rodrigues', TUDENT HEALTH PLAN should to inform the audience about the talked for only a short time. Now "Truth Is A Pathless Land' on March decrease or interaction between the different this gives the professors a chance to 29, professor Rose McNairn's ,"The stay the same. faculties at the University of speak for an hour." History Of The Other: The Other 1995-96 "We Lethbridge. She also commented that "...the ' History' ?" on April 5, and professor should This topic, presented by the interest shown has been great." Jane O'Dea's "Engaging The Unfortunately .tuition fees are not control the price, not them", University of Lethbridge Art Club, No future plans for talks on the Ineffable:.A Validation Of The decreasing, but the cost for the Aspillaga said of the CFS, "as we has long been relevant at the same topic are currently planned, Aesthetic", on April 12. Student Health Plan is. are the buyer." University of Lethbridge, as but interest from both professors and It is stressed that the lectures will After negotiating with the Currently, the University of interaction in the past has been slow students has been enormous, be interesting and that everyone is Canadian Federation of Students Lethbridge health plan is one of the between the many disciplines. therefore, possibilities for more exist. welcome. Any comments or and Sun Life, the plan cost will be most expensive in the province. A prior symposium held by the All the lectures are to be held questions may be brought up at the reduced from $ 160 to $ 145 for the Posters have already been made education department, where every Wednesday in room B730 from discussions or can be addressed to coming school year. This amount to advise students of the reduction professors spoke on greater l2:O0-l:00i'M. The speeches began any of the professors involved. will be broken down into a $50 fee in price. The current CFS plan interaction between faculties, acted on March 15, with professor M.E. for the first semester and a $95 fee covers 80% of the cost for for second. prescription drugs, chiropractic "We have passed a motion to services, physiotherapy, massage approve, in principle, the $145 therapy, medical equipment and Forecast for advanced education contract with CFS and Sun Life", appliances, speech therapy, and Students' Union President, offers an ambulance benefit, dental (Continued from page 1) there that addresses all of that," said caseload from 90,000 plus in this Humberto Aspillaga, confirmed. accident benefit, and a tutorial Ady. province in the past 18 months, to Aspillaga hopes the $ 15 drop is benefit. It also allows for businesses and transnational "Advanced Education has a role just of 50,000," said Ady. only the beginning of price emergency travel medical coverage corporations. to meet the needs of adult learners, Ady says he wants to move away reductions. "I think I am still and accidental death and More and more, education is a to allow them to have a betterquality from what he calls "passive unhappy about it", he said of the dismemberment. way of adding market value to of life...whatever that means to welfare." educational consumers rather than them." "Welfare, for those who teaching students about the world.