I am at it again! I really didn’t want to write a letter to the editors for a third week in a row! However Arthur surpasses itself on a weekly basis. What now you ask? Arthur has made space for the private residence at Trent, in their pages, in a positive light!
The TCSA, college cabinets, community groups, downtown businesses, and practically everyone (with some notable exceptions) stood in opposition to this mistake of a development. The motivation of our opposition to this private residence has varied enormously, some because it undermines the college system, others because it is an example of privatization, and quite a few who fear of the effect on downtown with another 400 students less. Arthur, was once the strongest in opposition, printing materials that were snuck off the Board of Governors desk in an effort to make the plans public. Issue 17 changed all this.
Arthur now prints materials that speak in favour, for the private residence, which is operating under the name of “London Property Corporation”. All summer, Arthur covered the City Hall proceedings in their online blog, often denouncing the development. Cabinet representatives, TCSA, myself amongst others, spoke as part of 24 who opposed the development (there were four in favour: the developers, Steven Franklin, and two students).
When I tell the administration that they ought not to provide space on the Trent website to the private residence, they frequently reject my proposal. Seeing as the student press is now publishing advertising for the same private residence, I suspect my pushes will be in vain.
P.S. Why were all those students, on the front cover of Issue 16, protesting?
Brea Hutchinson
