Room at Unitech is not a  right, says students’ services                                       
AUTOMATIC room allocation is not a right for students, University of Technology director of student services Simon Maip said last Friday.
Students should not go and put unnecessary pressure on the university, he said.
“There were just not enough rooms on campus,” he said.
He drew comparisons with the situation of the 1970s, saying the capacity of the university had remained constant while the number of secondary schools and the number of matriculating students had increased.
The rise was putting a strain on resources “that were just not enough”.
He said the corporate-sponsored students were not a special case. “They are just like any other university student.”
The corporate-sponsored students contend that they should be given rooms on campus.

Ousted students seek court redress
SEVEN students expelled from the University of Technology for their part in last September’s uprising have taken their case to court.
They were among an initial group of 20.
The university has reportedly admitted all but the seven.
They are now being led by fellow student Mulex Kilata, and through lawyers Daniels and Associates, are asking the court to review Vice-Chancellor Misty Bailoiloi’s decision of last Nov15.
Dr Bailoiloi terminated them and Unitech’s appeals committee upheld the decision on Feb 13.

Olga is chief of Nenga tribe                                  
WESTERN Highlands Governor Tom Olga was initiated as the paramount chief of the Nenga tribe in the Mul district where he comes from.
The traditional ritual was conducted at the remote and hilly Papulg village and witnessed by more than 2,000 people.
Local chief Yanda Kumin said the Nenga tribal chiefs decided to hold the ceremony to have Governor Olga named paramount chief to take their leadership role and place in tribal matters.
Mr Kumin said the inauguration now gives Olga the full authority and mandate to make decisions on behalf of the tribe apart from his bigger role as a provincial and national leader.

Relatives not happy with court ruling                                                                 
RELATIVES of the late magistrate Ivo Cappo are not happy with the Waigani Committal Court’s decision to free the four West Papuans accused of murdering him last year.
Only one man, Mickey Lausi of Uritai in Gulf, has to stand trial scheduled to begin today.
Christopher Waromi, aged 23, Arno Kafiar, 19, John Kumarra, 23 and David Koivi, 19, were freed after the court ruled there was “insufficient evidence” against them.
The relatives hope the court will “take up the case again”.
Mr Cappo was driving home on Oct 20 last year when his car crashed into some tents occupied by West Papuans outside the office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees at Ela beach and he was allegedly killed by some people who were at the scene.