March 18 2002

TUITION FEE
INCREASE???
HAVE YOUR SAY!

President's Advisory on Tuition Fee Increases

President’s Executive Council is currently in the
process of developing the 2002-2003 UNBC
budget. The proposed budget, which will be pre-
sented to the Board of Governors on April 6th,

will
increases.

include recommendations for tuition fee

| will be holding an open forum on the budget on
March 19th from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm in the
Canfor Theatre to address student concerns and

receive input.

The draft UNBC budget is being developed with-
in the context of the Government of British

Columbia three-year fiscal plan.

The plan

freezes funding for advanced education at the
2001-2002 level, deregulates tuition fees, targets
specific academic areas for priority funding, and
promotes research through the establishment of
twenty provincial leadership professorial chairs.

New Writers Festival Just West
of Unruly hits Prince George
March 13-23

Poetry, drama and fiction
lovers of the North will flock to
Prince George March 13-23
with the opening of a new
writer’s festival called Just
West of Unruly. Performances
are free and will be hosted at a
variety of venues throughout
the city.

What makes a writers festi-
val featuring 20 poets and writ-
ers from around Canada Just
West of Unruly? Just ask
event organizer Dr Rob
Budde, an Assistant English
Professor at the University of
Northern British Columbia:

“The writer's festival exists
to provide the people of Prince
George with a wide and unruly
variety of literary perfor-
mances. There’s no theme to
the writing being presented-
each poet or writer is unique in
their own right,” said Budde.

Just West of Unruly will fea-
ture a number of local writ-
ers—Barry McKinnon, Donna

Kane, Jacqueline Baldwin,
Lynda Williams, Bal Sethi and
Michael Armstrong, to name a
few. In addition to local talent,
the writers festival will also
import inspiration from other
parts of Canada—Lorna
Crozier, Jay Ruzeski,
Margaret Sweatman, bill bis-
sett, Eden Robinson, Uma
Parameswaran, Aritha van
Herk, and Dennis Cooley will
all give readings from their lat-
est books.

“t see Just West of Unruly
as the perfect tonic after a long
winter. Thanks to generous
funding from the Canada
Council and the University of
Northern British Columbia,
Prince George will continue to
build on its rich literary cul-
ture,” said Budde.

_ For more information con-
tact: Dr Rob Budde

Telephone: (250) 960-6693
Email: roudde @ unbc.ca

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