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Tuition
hike
looming

Current increase capped
at two per cent a year;
Langara wants 15 per cent
over two or three years

By BILL EVERITT

tuition for new students by $390
over the next two or three years - a
15 per cent increase over current rates.

In a statement released by Langara’s
new president Lane Trotter, Langara’s
current tuition plus the two per cent
annual increase already allowed means
the “ability to provide high quality pro-
gramming and services that lead to
student success is diminished.”

The proposed increase asks for a
“one-time exemption from the 2% tu-
ition fee increase cap to allow us to
raise our fees by $390 for 30 credits Gin
addition to the annual inflationary in-
crease), lifting our tuition to the mid-
point of our peer institutions.”

Thirty credits represents full-time
studies over two semesters with five
classes per semester.

The proposal needs to be approved
by the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Edu-
cation.

The statement proposes to spread
the increase over two or three years to
reduce the impact on students.

Under the proposal, existing stu-
dents would not be affected by the in-
creases.

In an interview with The Voice last
month, Trotter said, “What ve seen
which is really cool, the good and the
bad of it, is that we offer a really cost-
effective, efficient model. The down-
side to it is that because we have the
second-lowest tuition in the province,
that poses some challenges some-
times.”

More to come in the April 1 issue of
The Daily Voice.

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Lis: College wants to increase

STUART MILES/freedigitalphotos.net photo
Students might be seeing their
loans rise along with 15% of tuition.

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Tyson Berrow is shown in photos from his Facebook page (left and center) and on a Langara security services poster (right).

Known thief on campus

Tyson Berrow convicted of UBC theft and has been seen at Langara

By MEGAN BOBETSIS

man known to police with a his-
tory of thefts has been banned
from Langara College.

Tyson Berrow, 28, is not a stu-
dent at Langara and has not been
charged with theft on the campus.

Langara security site supervisor Na-
than Livingston said several people re-
ported seeing a suspicious male inside
campus classrooms and labs where
items were stolen.

Berrow was most recently found
guilty in March 2013 of theft under
$5,000 at UBC, and his most recent
court date was March 24 for another
count of theft at UBC.

Livingston said Berrow has been
given verbal notice that he is not al-

lowed at Langara under the B.C. Tres-
pass Act, and a letter directing Berrow
not to come on campus has been writ-
ten, but not delivered to him yet.

Berrow will have committed an of-
fence if he enters Langara after having
been instructed not to.

“The campus is also working closely
with the Vancouver Police Department
in order to have Mr. Berrow quickly re-
moved if he is seen on campus,” Liv-
ingston said in an email.

Security gave the journalism depart-
ment a poster decribing Berrow, but
Livingston said facilities and security
do not feel it is necessary to display the
posters around the school.

The poster describes Berrow as
“very brazen” and it says he “will enter
occupied labs and classrooms and take

phones, wallets, and laptops.”

On his Facebook page Berrow said
he worked at “being a baller” and was
educated until “I think Grade 10.” He
did not respond to a request for com-
ment through Facebook.

Langara student Lilly Wass said she
heard from her friends there had been
thefts on campus, but didn’t know any-
thing else about it.

“T definitely thought that... I was
OK leaving my bag in a lecture hall,”
she said.

Wass also said she thinks it would be
beneficial to have posters about Ber-
row displayed around the school for
students’ knowledge.

Student Aaron Ballena didn’t know
about Berrow, and said he thinks “se-
curity is a bit lax.”

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Very
brazen,
will enter
occupied
labs and
classrooms
and take
phones,
wallets
and
laptops

Langara security

Measles spreads to Kwantlen + BCIT

Children unvaccinated against disease over parental fears of harm, despite rarity of adverse reactions

By CHRIS SLATER

n outbreak of measles in a largely

[Aerrscsnaca Fraser Valley com-

unity is linked to confirmed

cases at BCIT and the Kwantlen Lang-

ley campus, and could affect Langara
students.

A religious group in Chilliwack be-
lieves vaccinations interfere with God’s
care and don’t vaccinate their children
against many common illnesses, in-
cluding measles.

Other parents are concerned over
potential heath dangers associated

with vaccinating their children.

However, Dr. Meena Dawar of Van-
couver Coastal Health said adverse re-
actions are quite rare.

The worst reactions in children are
anaphylaxis (a serious allergic reaction
occurring in about one in a million re-
cipients) and febrile seizures (seizures
brought on by fevers resulting from ei-
ther a vaccination reaction or illness),
which occur in about one in 2500 recipi-
ents. However, Dawar said both of
these reactions are treatable.

“The vast majority of parents actu-
ally accept that vaccines protect their

children,” she said.

Langara marketing student Juliana
Salvaterra doesn’t think people should
receive vaccinations until adulthood
and even then she is hesitant.

“Maybe 20 years old and up, but
young children, no,” she said. “I don’t
think their bodies are developed
enough to deal with the disease.”

Student Carla Urquhart said vacci-
nations in children are important to
stop the spread of disease.

“Tf it spreads, it affects the health of
everyone... I go to college, so obvious-
ly ifit spreads here it could impact me.”

FY.

HM sLangara Health
Services asked stu-
dents with potential
measles symptons
to stay at home:

HM sFever, cough, runny
nose, inflamed eyes
and a face/neck
rash that spreads
to arms, legs and
chest

ME Measles vaccines
available @ campus