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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  / ~8 S" ]" E! T  `) {+ L. Z' b
my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
( K& a6 u2 i3 Z/ h2 y8 l6 ain one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  9 r! H) c( k- c' X3 A7 O/ i
680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment& a* [, ~0 O. [* w5 g
  
4 O  x3 ?1 I! ^: Sis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for% T, z3 [& {) t5 P0 @0 v
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the current price look at this link  : N# j# \- l8 r; G  x4 P
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
% |- Q& q4 ?" P; g/ Lincrease in housing cost!
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While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I抦 paying  - m* o! G4 @. J; I, k
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 g0 O5 x& q- @% B# O6 G, W  [- tincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  7 h2 l2 P) D# Q: n4 k3 Z
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  # T; c1 k5 P5 G+ }  X+ p3 b& B
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  # ]% ]- S. S1 F# ^; @  Y# F+ y1 s
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
: y/ j" b5 K! I, I* `asked to look for a residence on open market.
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# D( V2 Z) p$ ~1 m/ g$ R7 x" oWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  6 d+ y# k8 G$ [" g
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
1 B' M9 f3 F1 p2 y3 y) v4 y7 V2 Iexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
8 U: a4 M3 j) P& v. _admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  7 T6 k, {) T1 d( \& v. _
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  . G6 A) i8 T  K
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
2 g* |7 M/ J' c7 k% [9 U, _imagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  # P' V. _# m4 @- B4 w$ U* [- G
getting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
* Q$ D3 a6 {( dus) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  ( W$ t5 O) s! n" W6 ~# R
admitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.. X. [' o- D* p
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Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  3 B- |/ j$ Q+ t; y9 h! Q
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
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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  
! [& o/ n* t( G2 x4 E0 N9 ]) J9 ?is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  2 G( I$ `# r/ l6 ]. _! E& h
especially international students. Isn抰 it time for the GSA to take
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initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  ' ]; K- O* g# U6 @
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.0 E. U0 Z1 @8 j9 N' y
Thank you all
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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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