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Tuition hike looming Current increase capped at two per cent a year; Langara wants 15 per cent over two or three years By BILL EVERITT
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angara College wants to increase tuition for new students by $390 over the next two or three years - a 15 per cent increase over current rates. In a statement released by Langara’s new president Lane Trotter, Langara’s current tuition plus the two per cent annual increase already allowed means the “ability to provide high quality programming and services that lead to student success is diminished.” The proposed increase asks for a “one-time exemption from the 2% tuition fee increase cap to allow us to raise our fees by $390 for 30 credits (in addition to the annual inflationary increase), lifting our tuition to the midpoint of our peer institutions.” Thirty credits represents full-time studies over two semesters with five classes per semester. The proposal needs to be approved by the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education. The statement proposes to spread the increase over two or three years to reduce the impact on students. Under the proposal, existing students would not be affected by the increases. In an interview with The Voice last month, Trotter said, “What I’ve seen which is really cool, the good and the bad of it, is that we offer a really costeffective, efficient model. The downside to it is that because we have the second-lowest tuition in the province, that poses some challenges sometimes.” More to come in the April 1 issue of The Daily Voice.
Tyson Berrow is shown in photos from his Facebook page (left and center) and on a Langara security services poster (right).
Known thief on campus Tyson Berrow convicted of UBC theft and has been seen at Langara By MEGAN BOBETSIS
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man known to police with a history of thefts has been banned from Langara College. Tyson Berrow, 28, is not a student at Langara and has not been charged with theft on the campus. Langara security site supervisor Nathan Livingston said several people reported seeing a suspicious male inside campus classrooms and labs where items were stolen. Berrow was most recently found guilty in March 2013 of theft under $5,000 at UBC, and his most recent court date was March 24 for another count of theft at UBC. Livingston said Berrow has been given verbal notice that he is not al-
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Children unvaccinated against disease over parental fears of harm, despite rarity of adverse reactions
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phones, wallets, and laptops.” On his Facebook page Berrow said he worked at “being a baller” and was educated until “I think Grade 10.” He did not respond to a request for comment through Facebook. Langara student Lilly Wass said she heard from her friends there had been thefts on campus, but didn’t know anything else about it. “I definitely thought that . . . I was OK leaving my bag in a lecture hall,” she said. Wass also said she thinks it would be beneficial to have posters about Berrow displayed around the school for students’ knowledge. Student Aaron Ballena didn’t know about Berrow, and said he thinks “security is a bit lax.”
Measles spreads to Kwantlen + BCIT By Chris Slater
Students might be seeing their loans rise along with 15% of tuition.
lowed at Langara under the B.C. Trespass Act, and a letter directing Berrow not to come on campus has been written, but not delivered to him yet. Berrow will have committed an offence if he enters Langara after having been instructed not to. “The campus is also working closely with the Vancouver Police Department in order to have Mr. Berrow quickly removed if he is seen on campus,” Livingston said in an email. Security gave the journalism department a poster decribing Berrow, but Livingston said facilities and security do not feel it is necessary to display the posters around the school. The poster describes Berrow as “very brazen” and it says he “will enter occupied labs and classrooms and take
n outbreak of measles in a largely unvaccinated Fraser Valley community is linked to confirmed cases at BCIT and the Kwantlen Langley campus, and could affect Langara students. A religious group in Chilliwack believes vaccinations interfere with God’s care and don’t vaccinate their children against many common illnesses, including measles. Other parents are concerned over potential heath dangers associated
with vaccinating their children. However, Dr. Meena Dawar of Vancouver Coastal Health said adverse reactions are quite rare. The worst reactions in children are anaphylaxis (a serious allergic reaction occurring in about one in a million recipients) and febrile seizures (seizures brought on by fevers resulting from either a vaccination reaction or illness), which occur in about one in 2500 recipients. However, Dawar said both of these reactions are treatable. “The vast majority of parents actually accept that vaccines protect their
children,” she said. Langara marketing student Juliana Salvaterra doesn’t think people should receive vaccinations until adulthood and even then she is hesitant. “Maybe 20 years old and up, but young children, no,” she said. “I don’t think their bodies are developed enough to deal with the disease.” Student Carla Urquhart said vaccinations in children are important to stop the spread of disease. “If it spreads, it affects the health of everyone . . . I go to college, so obviously if it spreads here it could impact me.”
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Langara Health Services asked students with potential measles symptons to stay at home: Fever, cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes and a face/neck rash that spreads to arms, legs and chest Measles vaccines available @ campus
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