ae STUDENT eto . College audit wanted Students protest class cuts | WAVING PLACARDS, Northwest Community College students walked out of their classrooms Monday morning to protect cuts to courses. They first went ta college president Michael Hill’s office to press their point and then to Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrecht’s downtown office. Students also presented a petilion protesting culs to second year university transfer courses and other programs. Student leader Rob Kaiser said the effect of the cuts will make post-secondary education More expensive and possibly place it out of reach for northwestemers. ; Some estimates place the cost of attending a university or college down south at approxi- mately $12,000 a year. Tuition at Northwest Community College is $1,250 a year, less than half the rate itis in the south. ‘‘We have the support of others in this,”’ said EADER Rob Kaiser, left, and Michael Krisinger were among the organizers of Monday's Northwest Community College Kaiser listing letters and phone calls from other colleges and universities across the province. Also on the list was the Canadian Federation of Students and the provincial body represent- ing student associations, The students have prepared four points to ad- dress the college cuts, They want an immediate stop and a one yeat moratorium to have an inde- pendent audit done of the college. They also want the present way of financing colleges to be probed, citing higher costs in the north as a reason why institutions here should receive more money. And they want a committee of union, manage- ment and students formed to explore alterna- lives to the cuts. 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He feels the ones that have been announced won't cover the size of the deficit Hill says has been accumulated, Berthiaume also said the Academic Workers’ Union may grieve layoff and transfer notices al- ready issued. To date, one instructor has received a layolf notice and a librarian position has been cut. That person has been offered a transfer to Smithers. . Sos News In Brief Thornhill car crash FOUR PEOPLE were sent 1o Mills Memorial Hospital with minor injuries following a traffic accident in Thornhill last week. The accident occurred at about 11 a.m. March 11 at the comer of Crescent Street and Highway 16, Terrace RCMP officers say a northbound Ford station wagon failed to.stop al a slop sign on Cres- cent Streel, and was struck broadside by a west- bound Ford 4x4 pickup. The four injured people were treated and released from Mills Memorial. Daniel Allan Gagnon, 26, of Terrace has been charged with driving while prohibited and failing lo stop at a stop sign. Tsimshian talks on here TSIMSHIAN TREATY negotiations move to Terrace March 25-27, The talks will be open to the public, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Kitselas Community Hall. The first two days are main table negotiations. The third day is a fisherics sub-commitice meeting. The federal and provincial governments and the Tsimshian recently signed a framework agreement offi- cially bringing the Tsimshian talks into the next stage — substantive negotiations. These will lead to an agreement in principle, negotia- tors hope, within three to four years. High ho, high ho B.C. MLAS are headed back to work next Monday when Lieutenant Governor Garde Gardom reads the speech from the throne. It?s the occasion for the government to list is past work and highlight its plans for the next legislative ses- sion. 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