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From the People Who Brought You The Phoenix, We Give You... IRD WPSS Sells Out to the Canadians student activities, and research offered a percentage, accepted By TIMOTHY E. QUACK beheading of the administration. investigation "will get heads Bi,.WigM.Rq;on", grants decline to offset costs. and the Board of Trustees, also States Attorney, Chris roiling." Aftcr eight years of financial Assistant Dean of Student offered a share, approved. Rowley, a past student and an Canadians to Take-Over struggle, President Robert Halls Affairs Frank Hare explained, WPSS alumni and students, editor of an underground news- America Corporation plans to announced Wednesday, April 1, "The president wanted the col- who were for-warned of the im- paper, has gladly accepted the twn Westminster Post-Second- that Westminster Post-Second- lege to look nice in order to pending deal, were up in arms call for an investigation. ary School into year-round va- ary School has sold its owner- make it marketable for outside about sale and demanded the Rowley feels confident that this cation resort next fall. 10 ship and rights to Canadians to investors and buyers." school Tuition, Room, and Board Lowered Take-Over America COl'JX)ra- The original plan had been to uon. sell the post-secondary WPSS has become the ninth to Japan. Egor Cider, special post-secondary school to sell agent to the President, was sent Or Would Have Been ifWPSS Not Sold to Canada out to our northern neighbors in to Tokyo, Japan last spring to cation this spring break any- By KRISTINE DENMARK the sitters. He said that he the last 24 hours. offer for bids. Sp«W·Au;,,,,,,,,.'!t,p""'" way, so decided sitting on the "fully realizes the pressures of Halls admitted that he had Halls tried 10 used his Japa- Over 100 parents and stu- lawn would be cheaper than the current economy upon conspired with several key nese connections to unload the dents staged a five day sit down driving home WPSS families," and was will- members of the adminstration debt-ridden school, but Japan in the red square between "With that 6% increase, I ing to negotiate. to build WPSS into a "physi- was more interested in selling Memory Hall and Vacuum Li- couldn't afford Bermuda," said Parents, students, and the cally beautiful post-secondary cars than teaching students. brary during spring break after Sharon Smith. "So I had to administration discussed the school" while letting academic Finally, the Canadians qui- receiving news of the price in- settle for red-square beach." problems at several meetings standards, professor salaries, etly offered $2 million. Halls, crease. On March 21, President of throughout March. On April I As a result of the sitdown, WPSS Robert Halls talked with See SIT-DOWN, Pg. 3 Col. 1 on April 1 Westminster Post- Secondary School has decided Sig Eps Erect Structure to lower tution, room and board chargesjo $15,000. By JOE BLOW Rumors have been flying as Students received news of S..gR