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An Open Letter to President David Naylor
On April 2, Alison Martell, The Varsity’s director of recruitment and training, received an award recognizing her efforts to improve the student experience. Painfully aware of the award’s ironic tone in light of the Flat Fees proposal, Martell handed the … Continue reading
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Don’t ignore the nitty gritty
Students are protesting fee increases, but it’s the administration’s policy changes that we should really be worried about As anyone involved in political activism can tell you, nothing derails a movement quite like a fight over tactics. U of T’s … Continue reading
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Rez fees go through the leaky roof
Students in residence at New College are nervously rebudgeting at the news that their rent will rise 20 per cent next fall. Many are organizing in opposition—the New College Residence Council and the student activists AlwaysQuestion have planned a protest … Continue reading
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Below the threshold
Income-contingent loan repayment would help students have more cash, more prospects In my first year, everyone was heading somewhere. Living off by-the-slice pizza and skipping psych lectures was just a temporary plan. We knew we were going to travel, write … Continue reading
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Critic accuses province of hoarding
Province has money to burn but students stuck with education tab, says CFS “The provincial government is swimming in federal dollars,” said Jesse Greener, Ontario chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. Unusually optimistic-sounding words for a student leader, perhaps, … Continue reading
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It’s official: Students want a tuition freeze
The results from last week’s tuition plebiscite are out, and they aren’t likely to surprise you. According to the Students’ Administrative Council (SAC), the Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) and the Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students (APUS), 98 per cent of … Continue reading
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Party’s over, tuition to rise: McGuinty
Premier McGuinty’s two-year tuition freeze is over. In his 2003 election campaign, Dalton McGuinty promised to freeze post-secondary tuition for domestic students for two years, after years of increases. In September 2004 the freeze came into effect-a rare victory for … Continue reading
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International students tuition spike hits
“What they’re doing isn’t right”: Yankee U of T student When Kathryn Fitzgerald opened her invoice this July, she got a nasty surprise-her tuition was almost $5000 more than expected. An international student from Boston, Fitzgerald recently graduated from Trinity … Continue reading
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