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Student interests not so “special”

Re: “Forced to pay for unused services” Dec. 4, 2009

To the editor:

I would like to dispute the assertion that PrideWestern and EnviroWestern are “special interest groups.”

In order to be a “special” interest group, there must be other special interest groups in opposition. However, I am not familiar with anyone at Western who is opposed to a safe, inclusive and socially aware campus.

These are not “special interests,” these are student interests. Student government sponsorship of services like this is standard practice across nearly every major Ontario university.

Certainly there are some students who value these services more than others, although the same can also be said of nearly every other service at Western — including the Gazette, which is also subsidized through student fees.

—Will Bortolin

USC VP Campus Issues

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