inquiring
reporter

by
Barrett
©) Fisher

WITH THE recent rash of airplane crashes
due to mechanical break down or terrorist ac-
tion, some people would just as soon steer
| away from flying, while others still say it is
| the most efficient method of travel. Inquiring
‘reporter asks people on the street. Today’s
question is:

Are you still willing
to fly in an airplane?

Derrick Yoner

North Vancouver

No, 1 wouldn't take a
foreign plane, because it’s
dangerous — terrorists.
I'd take the train,

Dom Franco
North Vancouver
If I have to go I have to
go. You travel in a car
and ihe same thing could
happen. Nothing is 100
” per cent for sure.

David Kockreel
m- North Vancouver
“Yes, } figure if I’m going
to die, {’m going to die
-anyways. Fate will make
the plane crash, not
‘mechanical failure. .

Barbara Lindner
North Vancouver

Yes, I’m going to London
.in October. and I'm quite

prepared. With the
amount of flights that

take off around the world
_every day, you only hear
‘about a small percentage
‘of accidents. I’d rather

ride on a plane than drive

on the streets of Van-
" couver.

Tana-Marie Harrop

North Delta

I think plane rides are a
lot more safe than cars
nowadays. Mechanical
errors happen, but there
are more car accidents.

Government’s
debt remission
is too small

Dear Editor:

The article in Sunday
Aug. 11 edition of the News
regarding the B.C. gov-
ernment’s new student loan
remission program does not
contain nearly enough in-

formation for the reader to’

decide whether or not the
program is as great as Dr.
McGeer and Mr. Heinrich
say it is.

First we need a clear
understanding of the loan
structure. There are two
parts to each loan: Canada
Student Loan (CSL) portion
and a B.C. Student Loan
portion. The maximum
amount allotted for each is -
CSL $3,360 and BCSL
$2,000 each year. However,
unless you can prove you
were unable to find work
during the summer the actu-
al total maximum is $4,440
per year ($3,360 CSL, $1,080
BCSL). Unless the students
need more than the max-
imum CSL portion, they
don't receive any BCSL por-
tion. According to the
Ministry of Education the
average student on financial
aid graduates with a debt of

a

$17,000 not including inter-
est. This means $13,440 CSL
and $3,560 BCSL.

As with all members of
the Canadian Federation of
Students, we at the Capilano
College Student Society have
been calling for a grant pro-
gram since the old grant
program was dissolved last
year. The government im-
plies all sorts of ‘new’
money is being injected into
the financial aid program
this year but they neglect to
mention three years ago they
spent $33 million, two years
ago they chopped it down to
$1.6 million, last year it was
down to $2.5 million and
this year it was bumped up
slightly to $4.6 million,

In today’s poor economic
climate a student not only;
graduates with an enormous
debt but also has grim
employment prospects, In an
attempt to ease this problem
the B.C. government has
clearly failed. ‘
Don Holmsten
Vice President of External
Affairs ,
Capilano College Student
Society

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