PAPER FEES FOR EVERYONE
Now each student at UiB might
have to pay 200 NOK a term for
their use of copiers and printers.
This is regardless of the amount of
paper actually consumed.
Master student Gro Bjerga thinks
the proposition is unreasonable.
She prefers to pay according to
consumption.
– The amount of paper you use
can vary a lot. I doubt that my
consumption equals 200 NOK a
term, she says.
Bjerga is not alone. Issam
Aarag, leader of Bergen’s
Sosialdemokratiske Studentlag
(BSS) says this opposes the free-ofcharge
principle.
– This is simply charging students
for their education, he argues:
If this motion is agreed to, I will
encourage people not to pay,
Aarag says.
The background for the proposed
introduction of these fees is
UiB’s costs towards The
Reproduction Rights Organisation
of Norway. For 2003, this was 5.6
million NOK.
This organization is a private
one, the purpose of which is to
ensure incomes to those whose
material is being photocopied.
Students having to pay for
paper and photocopying has been
common practice at several colleges
for a long time.
MUST TAKE EXAM DESPITE ILLNESS
Synnøve Eimer was ill and could
not take exam last Wednesday.
Today there is a resit, but she is
still ill. If she fails, she has to do
the whole term all over again.
Despite a doctor’s notice she was
marked as absent the first time.
She now feels forced to show up
for the resit, without being recovered
or well prepared. The alternative
is worse anyway.
– This is unfair. I only get once
chance because I was sick, she
says: I have spent a lot of time
which can prove to be wasted.
THE ADJECTIVES RULE
What is the difference between an
‘A’ and a ‘B’? An ‘A’ describes a
«brilliant» performance, while an
‘E’ means that «the basic requirements
are fulfilled, but not more».
Over time, every third student
will receive an ‘A’ or a ‘B’. Earlier,
each faculty had its own grading
system.
In most cases, grades are set
according to a normal curve.
However, in some cases, most of
the students are given remarkably
good marks.
ALEXANDER KEMP
19.11.03
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