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Native students rally

..Cutbacks spark call for “Parity, not parody of education”

native students’ protest against cutbacks on Friday, Jan 22.

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politician!

by Mike Gordon secondary éducation funds, @ Wmiting the number of students poorer conditions on reserves. i es

VAN(CUP)— Federal cutbacks to move that Hmits the number of finded. Most of the speakers at the |. “Ad épring: approaches,
native education funding are an- qualified native students who re- The PSEAP guidelines now rally called the government's youtg hearts bre. turning
other act of legislative aggression ceive aid. group students in five categories, move a deliberate attempt to hold | to...to...student elections. Yes,
against native people, saidleaders The government has es (wath those currently enrolled gat- bock the progress native people j once egnin, the eagerly
during a protest in downtown vided full financial aldthroughits ting guaranteed funding. With have mnde towards self-govern- | awaited AMS executive elec-

tions are upon us. This
Wesdnesday, Thursday and
Friday, jocks, geers, ertsies,
fartsies and intellectuals from
every corner of campus will
storm the polls, eager to vote
for some of the most powerful
politicans west of Blanca.

_ Pages six and seven exam-
ine the candidates’ views, 80 if
you missed the last elections,
nows your chance. Get out
there! Exerdse your demo-
cratic right, and vote, vote,

_ And. remember, if you
don’t vote, some very scary
things may happen...you ll get
hundreds of chain letters in the
mail, big hairy monsters will

Vancouver lest Friday. post-secondary education assis- fundingnowlimited, qualified stu- ment and resource management,
About 100 people demon- tance program since its inception dents in lower priority categories, and called for the resignation of
strated against the department of in 1973. But in 1986, the govern- such as post-graduate students, DIAND minister Bill McKnight.
{ndien affairs and northern ment put acap on funding, along will be left out if the money runs “They are afraid with the
development's “capping” of post- with further restrictions in 1987 dry. education of native people that
Sree ae vibe i According to the ad-hoc native we're going to become stronger in
student group that organized the their ways... so they sre cutting
rally, recent changes in PSEAP back funds,” enid Saul Terry,
' guidelines, or E-12 Circular, president of the Union of BC In-
' meant 37% of qualified native dian Chiefs.
| applicants were denied funding in Colleen Copeland, a student
the fall of 1987/88. at the Native Education Centre,
| “These cutbacks are going to says her education is being spon-
have a very serious impect on sored by Employment Canada.
native people striving for a more "It's not very much better
equal place in this society,” said than welfare. Since they just give
Beverly Scow, coordinator for the you enough to live,” Copeland
{ntern campus native students’ad says.
hoc committee on native educstion Though enrollment through
concerns, and president of UBC the PSEAF program has jumped

native indian students union. from 3500 to 12,000 since 1977, | attack you in your sleep, or

ie Scow said the hardest hitby the less than 2% of native secondary | your cat msy throw up all over
oe | cutbecks will be single mothers, students goon tocomplete a post- | your favorite éweater..
ly | mature students, and people from ove Netive' poge 8 | --AAAWOOOOOOH..

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VOLUME 70, Number 33 ate ae I eee s ~ Vancouver, B.C. tuesday, January 26, 1988

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