Tuition hikes could worsen by next year By Michal Tellos
News Editor September 23, 2009 Although tuition fees have consistently risen over the past few years, it could get a lot worse very soon.
 The conclusion of the current school year will see the end of the provincial government’s Reaching Higher plan, which limited tuition increases to an average of five per cent.
UWSA vice-president of university affairs Robert Woodrich identifies the argument for increased tuition, but disagrees with it.
“I think the argument goes that with less taxes, you’re able to choose where your money goes. So instead of the government deciding that money should be allocated to post-secondary education, you can choose to go to that institution,” he said.
Opponents in the tuition debate also disagree over what tuition hikes do for an institution. >> | UWSA's food bank to work cooperatively to work best By Michal Tellos
News Editor September 23, 2009 The UWSA food bank is hoping to work cooperatively with existing organizations, especially Meal Exchange Windsor, in order to provide a more effective and helpful system.
 The UWSA will soon be hiring their food bank coordinator, and with that several ideas will get moving.
The food bank has thus far been the project of UWSA vice-president of university affairs Robert Woodrich, and he has kept busy since taking office.
The first thing he did was contact Roy Henly of Iona College, who has been the only staff person at that food bank for several years.
Woodrich quickly decided that it would be more productive to work with Henly, rather than apart from him. >> | Hand-washing heedless in healthcare By Michal Tellos
News Editor September 23, 2009 You may be tired of hearing every nurse, doctor and pharmacist telling you to constantly wash your hands even though they may not be practising what they preach.
A recent study conducted by a UWindsor researcher could indicate that healthcare providers might be speaking hypocritically.
Maher El-Masri, a research chair at UWindsor’s nursing faculty, recently conducted an observational study at an oncology unit in Miami that revealed some disappointing results.
In his study, which involved three nursing research assistants observing 47 healthcare providers for a total of 612 observations, El-Masri found that hand washing compliance rates were as low as 42 per cent before medical procedures, and 72 per cent after procedures.
Furthermore, a fully proper compliance, which necessitates washing before and after any medical procedure, only occurred 34 per cent of the time.
According to El-Masri, there are a number of variables involved in this low rate, but ignorance is not one of them. >> |
