VICTORIA—The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) will be hosting a free soup kitchen for students tomorrow as part of a day of campus events throughout Vancouver Island for the Education Shouldn't be a Debt Sentence campaign. Students at UVic, Camosun College, Vancouver Island University, and North Island College will be gathering signatures on the provincial petition to reduce student debt at the events.

The events come on the heels of last week's government report on the public consultations held for the 2010 BC budget. The report recommended that the government address BC's high student loan interest rates and inadequate funding for universities and colleges.

"Camosun Students are calling on the government to take concrete action in the 2010 BC Budget  to reduce student debt and make education affordable", said CCSS External Executive Matteus Clement, "The government needs to realise that students are really suffering and help now."

WHAT: Soup Kitchen for Student Debt

WHEN: 11am - 12pm, Wednesday November 18, 2009

WHERE: Outside the Fisher Building, Lansdowne Campus

WHO: CCSS & Canadian Federation of Students representatives  

The Camosun College Student Society represents 9,000 students at the Lansdowne and Interurban Campuses of Camosun College.

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