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This Thursday, February 7 is "Accountability Day," and citizens across the province will take the opportunity to send government the message that their cuts have been too deep. In communities across the province, people will visit MLA constituency offices to stage sit-ins or protest outside. So far, 27 offices are confirmed targets.

Among these is the office of Harry Bloy, MLA for Burquitlam, SFU's riding. SFU students are marking Accountability Day with an all-day picnic scheduled to start early Thursday morning, on Bloy's office floor.

For more information, e-mail whowantsaharrybloy@hotmail.com or check out http://www.unofficialopposition.com.

The Segal Centre for Graduate Management Studies is set to takeover the former Bank of Montreal headquarters on Granville Street. The building was made available to the university by chancellor emeritus Joseph Segal.

At his open forum two weeks ago, president Michael Stevenson bragged that the acquisition would further cement SFU's position as the top university in downtown Vancouver.

John Clarke is best known for his extensive exploration of B.C.'s coastal mountains. Since 1995, he has been involved in the Squamish Nation's Witness Project, with the goal of preserving the Upper Elaho Valley or Stoltmann Wilderness. He also conducts the Wilderness Education Program, which introduces students to nature.

Clarke will hold a multimedia slide show on Thursday, February 7 at 7 p.m. in the McGee Room at the Dogwood Pavilion in Coquitlam. He will talk about how people, rather than institutions, will restore and preserve B.C.'s coastal ecology, and how a healthy economy depends on a healthy environment.

Students barricaded themselves inside an executive suite and occupied surrounding hallways.

All students who partook in the sit-in were granted legal and academic amnesty after leaving voluntarily.

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