Boycotts end at 3 CEGEPS

But U de M students vote to stay away

The steady wave of CEGEP students opting to end their boycotts continued Thursday as students at Ahuntsic, Bois de Boulogne and Rosemont voted by a large majority to resume their studies.

Students at the Université de Montréal’s history and comparative literature departments, however, voted to continue their boycotts. That brings to 10 the number of university associations who decided to continue their boycotts, numbering 10,000 students, according to student federation CLASSE.

To date, students at 12 of the 14 CEGEPs who were boycotting classes when the prov-

Students at 12 of the 14 CEGEPS who were boycotting ... have opted for a return.

incial government ordered their terms suspended in May, and were facing the cancellation of their semesters if their boycotts continued, have opted for a return. The only two who voted to maintain their boycotts — Vieux Montréal and St. Laurent — did so by a slim margin, and have since organized new votes, to be held Friday.

At Bois de Boulogne, the vote was 493-64 for a return to class, with 23 abstentions. Students at Rosemont voted to return by a margin of roughly 70 per cent, but also voted to boycott classes on the 22nd of each month until the government agrees to cancel tuition increases.

At Ahuntsic, students voted to return to class. And they also voted for a one-day strike on Aug. 22, when a mass protest is planned.

Students at Lionel Groulx, Montmorency and St. Jérôme returned to class Thursday. No incidents were reported.