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Redm en defeated M cGill finishes second in O-QIFC for play-offs By Louis Pearson M c G ill Q B Dana T oerin g had a m iserable afternoon Saturday. H e and the rest o f the eigh th -ran ked M c G ill R e d m e n g o t th um ped by the sixth-ranked O ttaw a G ee-G ees 45-17 at M olson Stadium, assuring O tta w a first p lace in the O ntarioQ u e b e c In t e r c o lle g ia t e F o o t b a ll C on fe ren c e fo r the third con secu tive season. B e n e a th b lu e s k ie s and h o t sun, M c G i l l c e le b r a t e d In d ia n S u m m er b y ta k in g the afte rn o o n o ff.
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R edm en
look ed shaky from the outset. T w o fu m b le d pitch es, a b otch ed snap, and three d rop ped passes charac terised M c G i l l ’ s o p e n in g p osses sions. T h e y lucked out on a short punt w h ich g a v e the R edm en the ball deep in G ee-G ee territory, but th ey o n ly m a n a g ed th ree p oin ts. Tailb ack Shawn Linden capped o f f
Redmen fu llb a ck D a n Pronyk rushes deep into Ottawa territory. M cG ill lost 45-17 to the Ottawa Gee-Gees this weekend in the last gam e o f the regular season. The Redmen took second pla ce in the seven-team conference.
Canadian students rally to stop education cuts Nation-wide CFS week o f action came to Montreal and attracted 2,000 postsecondary students in protest By Darryl Levine
M c G i l l ’ s on ly consistent d riv e o f
“ W ith increasing administration
duction o f new administrative fees in
fees, decreasing accessibility to uni versity entrance and fundin g, and
CEGEPs and universities. “ W e are losing out on both qual ity and accessibility for Quebec post secondary education,” said Runions. “ It is time for the P Q government to take its com m itm ent to accessible education seriously.” CFS National Chairperson Brad Lavigne said that the situation is very serious in Quebec, where it is widely
the afternoon w ith a 5-yard touch d ow n dash o ff-ta c k le e arly in the
T h e C an ad ian F e d e ra tio n o f S tu den ts o rg a n is e d a w e e k - lo n g
w ith the threat o f increased tuition
second quarter. U p 10-0 early, the R e d m e n ’ s
protest designed to pressure govern ments to stop cutting post-secondary
fees, students are being asked to take the brunt o f the PQ reduction plan,”
r o o f caved in. On 2nd and 29, the
education budgets.
G ee-G ees’ Chris E vraire snagged a
In w hat was term ed the PanCanadian W eek o f Action, students from across the country tried to focus attention on rising tuition fees, and the increasing inaccessibility o f post
said Sm all. “ T h e y are abandoning their promise to students.”
47-yard bom b out o f double co v e r a g e . T h r e e p la y s la te r, ta ilb a c k E ddy Ghantous scored on a 4-yard plunge. On
th e
next
p o s s e s s io n ,
secondary education in Canada.
Students protest cuts T h e rally came a w eek before the Bouchard govern m ent’ s Socio-
a rumoured $700 m illion cut to edu
C E G E P s across M o n tre a l. S m all believes that, in such numbers, stu dents can affect government policy.
fe e s f o r the sake o f P re m ie r Bouchard’ s agenda o f deficit reduc tion,” stated Lavigne in a CFS press
Laurent before returning to Phillips S q u are w h ere student le a d e rs
“ T h e protest w ill be e ffe c tiv e because the people represented here are o f voting age and the government w ill be forced to take notice,” said Small. Erin Runions, V P External o f
release.
ed. W e c a n ’ t m ake m istakes lik e that against a team like O ttawa.”
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addressed the crowd. Holding signs reading ‘ Stop the C u ts ’ and ‘ En g r è v e , ’ students stopped marching only to gather out
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Small, CFS Quebec chairperson, said that with the projected cuts in next
Society and the CFS Montreal rally organiser, agreed that cuts to the edu cation budget w ill increase tuition
year’ s provincial budget, students are
fees and reduce services for students.
b ein g targeted as “ cash c o w s .” In regard to the Parti Québécois’ 1993 election promise to protect the educa
She also feared that universities will create new administration fees as a way to make up lost revenues. A s a result, the CFS has demanded that the Quebec govern m ent ban the intro
tion budget, Small stated that Quebec students feel betrayed.
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education in the province’ s history, after a $400 million cut last year. “ Q u e b e c students r e fu s e to accept funding cuts and higher tuition
Loan system denounced In a d d itio n to p ro te s tin g the threat o f increasing tuition fees, CFS also called upon the Quebec govern ment to reverse recent changes to its Loans and Bursaries Program . The changes reduce the number o f terms fo r w h ich a student can r e c e iv e a loan. A s w e ll, students r e c e iv in g provincial loans while studying out o f province w ill have to attend fran cophone universities, with only a few exceptions. Small was also concerned about rising student debt as a result
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order to help students pay back their loans instead o f cutting the education budget so that students end up ow ing more money when they graduate.” C hristiane M iv ille -D u s c h ê n e ,
cation in next year’ s provincial bud get. Students marched down parts o f St. Catherine, René Lévesque, and St.
the turning p o in t,” C oach B a ile y said. “ It g ot the guys really frustrat
said Small. “ Governments should be w ork in g to figh t unem ploym ent in
the p ress attach é to Q u e b e c Education M inister Pauline Marois, explained that the current loan and bursary program is fair, and does not
w h o D e io n e d 76 yards to put his
In Montreal, an estimated 2,000 Quebec university and C E G E P stu dents rallied last Thursday to oppose
back because they can’ t find job s,”
im plem ent the largest single cut to
team ahead 14-10. “ T o m e that was
p e r f e c t s tr ik e , in t e r c e p t e d b y O ttaw a cornerback M ark R aphael
“ Students are leaving university with large debts which they can’ t pay
exp ected that the govern m ent w ill
Econom ic Summit, which is sched uled to begin tomorrow. Small was h a p p y w ith the turnout at the Montreal rally, emphasising that stu dents cam e fro m u n iversities and
M c G ill’ s Q B Dana T o e rin g threw a
o f increased dependence on loans to cover tuition fees.
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