A protest song in solidarity with APUS(Association of Part-Time Undergraduate Students)Oh mercy, mercy, me things aint what they used to be,
Sky- rocketing, tuitions fe-e-es,
Straight attack, to access equity,
Oh mercy, mercy, me, to add insult to injury,
Tyrannical promise: a mere 66% increase, So bold faced, they calling it a Flat Fee,
Oh mercy, mercy, me dem must be think we stupidy, Plan’s to keep poor peoples out of University…
Fee hikes, make education unattainable, U of T’s acting unreasonably,
Cutting back vitally crucial equity programs only,
Go on now take it, take another little piece of our life line Uni.
Like we’re not already struggling to meet the rising cost of food & shelter,
Post-Secondary education, indicates a desire to escape poverty,
UofT claims it’s too poor to replace retired faculty,
Means; substandard educators, contract teaching staff, for all!
Another high performance sports centre, they can find money, somehow?
We’re all in this economic turndown boat together,
But just equity programs seeing stormy weather,
Clearly reflects UofT’s inhumane priorities and skewed views, shows a lack of people value,
For the have not’s you make it more of a strain, undergraduate education to attain:
It’s no surprise part-time Undergraduates status= major financial difficulty
Marcus Mosiah Garvey said, Education of the masses in the key:
To a more empowered less angry huwomanity?
That would mean we could count on our administration and police force to support a silent sit in.
Years of sit in protest, finally heard and acknowledged: emancipated colonized afrikans,
Gave women the vote, and yes integrated the schools.
Without the right to protest where would be?
Protest means we’re airing out alternative points of view.
University Student’s protest on campuses is nothing new.
Protest indicates dissatisfaction, No negative ideologies nor cruel methods, like
Criminalization of student protesters is loudly denounced.
What’s up with that? Now we arrest folks whose desires differ?
Profiteers like David Naylor we’ve got to bounce. Any wonder,
this institution’s heinous intentions are painfully clear,
When the only cutback affected programs are;
Diverse Studies, Women& Gender, Disability, and Transitional Year.hmm…Reads like
Pure- Sexism, Ageism, Class-ism, Size-ism, Rac-ism, any old kind of bullshit slap in the face -ism
Feigned economical & financial facts-ism is what we’re fed,
Perhaps UofT’s administrators haven’t noticed but we’re all in an economic upside turn down bed.
And, it’s the part-time student, having the restless night.
When advanced education’s for the privileged, and not a basic human right.
U of T is quite conveniently located, placed in the centre of Toronto, town.
Naylor’s administrators must think it’s a circus, why they running it like real clowns,
Part-time undergraduate students, they plan to displace
With no offer being made of alternate locale or space,
Perhaps APUS should claim squatter’s rights in Naylor’s office
What ever would we do with all that “room”?
Oh, mercy, mercy me, Academic equality, Oh!
We could run this campus based on student democracy,
Then the haves and have notes line we’d quickly erase,
Diversity boundaries we’d no longer see,
Education for All; even folks who can ill afford to pay taxes,
Could move on up if we’d just face fact-es, we’d solve all our worries: Mercy, mercy me; change is what we want to see…..make education Free.
SOLIDARITY!
Want to know more about APUS?
Visit: http://www.apus.utoronto.ca/
