Se ae a la ail Page A2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Task force heaves to on the horizon TERRACE — Victoria is creating a task force to probe the University of Northern B,C, ({UNBC) and how it will serve the outlying regions. The move comes in response to growing discontent in the northwest about the centraliza- tion of the university in Prince George. ; The task ‘force will hold public hearings into the post- secondary education needs of northern B.C. and report back to cabinet before the start of the legislature's spring session. Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrecht said he hopes the task force, which is to operate independently of UNBC, will listen to northerners. ‘We don’t want to play poor cousin to whatever's being done in Prince George,” Giesbrecht said. ‘“‘f think there’s some justification to the kind of out- cry that’s going on, And I think we either do it now or we lose it. Bi He said the task force will at- tempt to find out what kind of regional university presence people in outlying areas want and how they want the existing community college system to mesh with UNBC, “This is an opportunity to get a message as clear as we possibly can from the areas out- side Prince George as far as what they want‘to see from a decentralized - institution,” Giesbrecht added. There is a perception, he said, that the northwest is not getting its share of the university’s in- from front Orenda it’s going to be after the added casts,” he addec. , “We're trying our hardest to keep this project alive here in B.C. The pressure is on us. We're fighting hard, ” Foster cotitiiiived. ve ‘ An saded prablein is ‘the threat of competition. from other mills which will produce the same kind of paper Orenda itial seed money. Giesbrecht said there’s a danger that — if the university ends up competing for students with the existing community colleges — that the remote com- munities could end up with less than they started with. “A northern university is a great concept,” he said. ‘‘But we want to make darn sure it’s not done at the expense of the local colleges.’’ Meanwhile, university of- ficials are to respond this Friday to a series of questions posed by northern delegates last month. The delegates expressed fears about the centralization of all university administration in Prince George as well as the possibility that second phase grants — earmarked for the regions — will be cut from the provincial budget in the name of restraint. kek Another organization has joined other northwesterners in firing barbs at UNBC. Northwest labour organizer John Jensen last week issued a press release from a group call- ed the Northwest Study Con- ference, accusing university ad- ministration of building ‘‘an ivory tower with a moat around it to keep out most of the citizens of the north outside the immediate vicinity of Prince George.” ‘Jensen says the 15-year-old group of northwest represen- tatives has been inactive of late, but has been resurrected to tackle the northern university project wants to make, said Foster. Qrenda wants to grind pulp logs between large ceramic rollers and use hydrogen- peroxide as a bleaching agent. That’s different from tradi- tional ' kraft mills which | _ Use chiotitie-based! chemicials. -"""’ Che company will, however, use some of that kraft pulp to give strength to its product. ans. - SOLTPR assistance in the future. moO STOLEN IN QUEBEC. ~ LICENSED ILLEGALLY 5 RSTON e. aDED, The private sale of stolen vehicles is big business. Don’t be a victim! 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DEALERS ASSOCIATION at RIVATELY EA a a a question, “The way it’s going now 1 think it stinks,’’ Jensen said of the university. ‘If they don’t change their direction this university will be a white elephant — costly and em- barassing to everyone.” He said he doesn’t believe university officials’ assertions of their commitment to decen- tralization. “Tf they were really determin- ed to decentralize this thing they wouldn’t need 2,000 beds in Prince George — because there aren't 2,000 students in Prince George,’’ he said, Correction A story in the Feb. 19 edition indicated Gordon Sebastian's future as a school trustee is uncertain because he has missed three consecutive board meetings. The School Act states the board may recommend a trustee be removed after more than three absences and that the education minister may act on that recommendation. 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