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Tuesday, October 8, 2002
After tuition hikes, prom ised student financial aid unseen Mark Sward University students across North America have been seeing rapid increases in the fees they pay for their education, and those here at M cGill are no exception. Although tuition for Quebec stu dents has not risen over the past decade due to a provincial govern ment freeze, McGills international population has faced dramatic tuition hikes that will continue over coming years, and although they have been promised additional financial aid, international student groups say that they have seen no increase in funding. Most international undergrad uate tuition fees at McGill are not controlled by the Ministère de l’Éd ucation (M EQ ) as it is at most Quebec universities; the so-called “deregulated” tuition rates are instead set by the schools adminis tration. This process, according to Students’ Society o f McGill University (SSM U) President Martin Doe, is not necessarily pro ductive for the University. By exempting a certain group of stu dents from M E Q tuition rates, McGill loses the per-student fund ing it would normally receive from the province, marginalizing the financial gain from higher tuition rates. Doe added that the provincial government could force McGill to re-regulate international tuition, but that it is not foreseeable in the immediate future. In February o f 2 0 0 2 , McGill Vice-Principal o f Administration and Finance M orty Yalovsky announced an increase o f 37 per cent in international tuition, to be spread over a four-year period. For 2 0 0 2 -2 0 0 3 , tuition was raised 8.4 per cent, with hikes limited to eight
per cent in the three following years. Tuition for foreign Arts stu dents in 2 0 0 1 -2 0 0 2 was $ 8 7 6 .3 3 for a three credit course; this fall the price rose to $ 9 3 0 , and for the 2 0 0 5 -2 0 0 6 school year internation al students will pay nearly $ 1 2 0 0 for the same class. In his proposal, Yalovsky also stated that 2 0 per cent o f the fee increases would go toward financial aid for deregulated international students. The sudden announcement of the fee hikes sparked outrage among McGills international pop ulation, comprised of approximate ly 3 8 0 0 students, of whom approx imately half pay the deregulated fees. Some, including last year’s McGill International Students’ Network (MISN) President Miguel Bernal-Castillero, accused the administration o f unfairly targeting a small group o f students. “This compromises [McGill’s] interna tional reputation,” he argued, not ing that much o f McGill’s prestige comes from its status as Canadas most international university. “Students come here on a limited budget, and living costs are rising,” he added, citing rises in rent costs in Montreal and mandatory health insurance premiums, as well as the lack o f jobs available to those in Canada on student visas. BernalCastillero pointed out that the 20 per cent o f the tuition increases promised by Yalovsky for interna tional student aid has not yet become available, and that no announcement has been made as to when students can expect to see the additional funding. Based on num bers provided by the administra tion, the international student aid budget stands to grow by more than $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 this year, but
See ISS FUNDS, page 3
JENNY GEORGE
McGill Symphony Orchestra violins getting the kinks out before opening night.
F o o t b a ll t e a m is f o r r e a l Andrew Segal Rush end Steve Young collect ed two sacks and linebacker Ryan Grad had two interceptions and a fumble recovery that led to 13 McGill points, as the Redmen defeated the Concordia Stingers 288. The Redmen won the Shrine Bowl and Shaughnessy Cup in front o f 3 8 0 0 noisy Homecoming fans at Concordia Stadium. T he ninth-ranked Redmen, first in the Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference, are currently riding a five game winning streak. Concordia, which entered the game as the highest-scoring team in the Quebec conference with 160 points, was held to only a touch down and a single, its lowest offen sive output of the season. McGill head coach Chuck McMann, who improved his career record at McGill to 12-4, was espe
cially happy with the way his defen sive unit played. “I thought this was their best game so far this season,” McMann said. “They hung in there and everybody stayed with their respon sibility and didn’t try and do more than what’s expected. When that happens, good things happen.” There could be no more a per fect illustration of McMann’s phi losophy than Grad, the fifth-year linebacker from Regina. He said he wasn’t trying to do anything spec tacular and attributed his great plays to a team effort. “It was definitely a case of being in the right place at the right tim e,” the Physical Education major said. “Every game I try and make big plays, but everyone on defence played well and allowed me to make those big plays.” Grad specifically credited line backer Mike Mahoney, who had seven tackles, for helping to force
the fumble he recovered. Grad’s first pick of the game came on the final play of the first
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