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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  - b0 s: `* {9 z$ f$ E
my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  7 |+ X$ J  n, U; s8 g( \( |6 b$ [% V0 u
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  : y8 d# i" G. ?- O% l0 R7 b/ }3 B$ @
680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment! G& {1 H5 W3 Y+ R9 R5 L2 q4 }' J
  
0 T9 ?! G0 f5 R) fis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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the current price look at this link  
, h6 X! W/ `' A8 R0 A. D0 G& Shttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  " j$ i7 o) j# g) r
increase in housing cost!9 T* o0 w( _& m; x
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While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I抦 paying  
7 E1 @# H- P7 `1 e600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
- e9 d1 z6 v  }8 L; u: ~6 Kincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  6 ]* f, T" `% x: i
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  / e3 d" w5 K5 k* d9 E: d/ {
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
4 Y; ~+ q8 ^) B( ^2 Z+ N4 yand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  # @9 x8 t+ ~3 }) E% ?; Z( R
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  
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exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
! U" B4 g: C) c6 i8 I+ c, ^1 a: i) v" i; qadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  ' A% _5 d6 F6 ?; g6 g) L) j: @
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
8 n8 m% l( p+ htuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
: A8 _- C2 o) Y2 @6 Oimagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
% F; E' @' ]1 i3 A1 z; Egetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
& s8 Y: J, d& x3 X) k8 A  L/ z0 |( f1 mus) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
1 n, `/ u, B7 u, B: [+ Kadmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
8 F0 C" Z: A( U, o# z: r+ ^2 mAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  : Z! B1 \+ _) c& U) ~. x
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  7 B/ i& Y' ]. \, @# u" T
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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+ V# D) a& g% e  s% \* y' AMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
! \8 |( {# N# ?2 yis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  / u; o: T. l1 N' q" Z$ u
especially international students. Isn抰 it time for the GSA to take1 @4 E, b; O) G& [4 E* ~
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initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  1 O8 v5 q8 G5 r& z9 w
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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0 y+ [$ D; x( D: j& wPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
0 R/ M" b) c! {3 X8 }; k, ^Thank you all4 e' P7 f, h1 b' P
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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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