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抗议学校助学金太少!

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2007-8-10 21:16 | ʾȫ¥ |Ķģʽ
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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
* _6 p$ ~" Q$ ~0 G! {/ \my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  5 y5 G! W& ~9 b
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  ! u5 B% d  T4 m0 U& @
680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment1 l0 L1 i3 }& p0 }% o
  
. M. I4 D; t% c1 W7 ~& h' |9 Ois more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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# B. D- o) o/ u/ ethe current price look at this link  ( o% H8 D, d1 @# k/ @4 j
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  6 T5 ]- T. S2 X3 [" m0 Q4 c
increase in housing cost!' H6 Q' s" Y+ \! A
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While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I抦 paying  6 F0 L3 a& U- h1 l( O! m" F
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  0 @- f. H' _/ y8 a
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  / q& _+ @6 J. q* m
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
6 E6 g  r- D9 vthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
+ x; w5 z, j! k/ w9 Zand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  " b2 ^' ]( J* a% x/ w
asked to look for a residence on open market.
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While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
/ T7 @; u$ \$ uincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  4 d, R4 q' d7 j& X
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  * r6 f7 x! C9 A9 I$ F; r
admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  6 W/ u, z  O2 f: e  [# W' \5 e& d
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  1 Q9 s$ W) X* s+ q
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
3 s1 l. q% H! Y8 ximagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  9 u% T" t: G' ?( R" {& u0 ^% a
getting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  7 w* s1 l. N2 i1 Z) e  m
us) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
: `( i8 `5 \4 S8 R9 madmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.% F" v; `, m9 F6 K" e! h

) G) W4 i9 k& b$ [$ y2 i9 A* b& L9 EAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
* J8 u& z: q: j) ]) C% ?Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
% t$ v7 Q' j7 F, e5 T6 s" Wfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
8 c( ?: _7 z8 j5 r+ j4 Q$ A1 _students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
8 q% Y; Z& p7 R+ V0 }1 q& xis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
. F$ }2 N5 J: M- y! `+ c$ Hespecially international students. Isn抰 it time for the GSA to take( Z6 H( b) V: B8 M5 k
  
& m2 W! Z% X3 H0 I9 N6 l1 \initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
: s' z& L  W( `; qgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
, c9 n$ g3 @+ x. WThank you all6 f) L" _+ X6 d1 L8 u( m+ @9 }6 a9 I
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2007-8-10 22:07 | ʾȫ¥
It is true. Nobody cares about the international students. They are just making money from us.
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2007-8-10 22:56 | ʾȫ¥

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楼上的,有什么好笑的,还笑出声来了
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