UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, CANADA, STUDENTS CUT CLASS TO PROTEST AGAINST TUITION HIKE

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada
Some University of Calgary students hit the picket line Monday to protest rising tuition costs. 

Students from the university's School of Creative and Performing Arts  — unhappy with budget cuts and tuition hikes — walked out of class to demand the province reverse post-secondary budget cuts and freeze tuition in a one-day strike. They were joined by students from other faculties in the second Alberta Student Day of Action this school year.

This month, the province approved tuition increases for domestic fees at the University of Alberta and University of Calgary.
"I've noticed my tuition increasing, despite the fact that I'm taking less classes than I used to," said Chaise Combs, vice president, communications at the University of Calgary Faculty of Arts Students' Association

"People are struggling to pay their bills. They're struggling to put food on their table. And they're worried about their future. They're worried about starting their lives, burdened with an unjustifiable amount of debt," Combs said.