Cheapskate students
Compared to students in Oslo and in Trondheim, Bergen’s
young and aspiring ones are spending far less on fun and nights
out. They put their cash in the bank instead. While 30 and
77 percent of students in Oslo and Trondheim respectively
say they spend money on leisure activities the figure for
Bergen is a mere 11 percent, according to a recent study.
Runar Døving at the National Institute for Consumer Research
thinks these observations are interesting. He is clueless
as to why there are such big differences between the three
cities. - Maybe it is a question of mentality, Døving says,
does this mean that Bergen’s students are more ambitious?
- In general, people from the western parts of Norway are
more prudent than their counterparts in the east, Ellen Dokk
Holm says. She is an economist at Postbanken. Dokk Holm is
positive to students’ ability to put money away. As one might
expect, most students use their loan to pay rent or service
a mortgage.
250,000 NOK for UNICEF
The students’ association at the Norwegian School of Economics
and Business Administration (NHH) is donating a quarter of
a million to UNICEF. This was decided at the general assembly
last Thursday. The student body was overwhelming in its recommendation
and decided to give the 250,000 NOK to a UNICEF project in
Eritrea. Finally, with help from the annual NHH-Aid and sponsors,
a school will rise, at a total cost of about one million NOK.
Proclamation against SiB
2700 students have signed a proclamation opposing changes
to the current policies at the Housing Department of The Student
Welfare Organization (SiB). The proclamation was handed over
to SiB’s managing director, Egil Pedersen, last Tuesday. His
only promise was to listen to all opinions. Olav Handeland,
who represents Boligutvalget, says that one wants to stop
the plans for new policies.
ALEXANDER KEMP
05.11.03
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