‘ ‘babytalk * ' “

Myke Murphy ~ " ' "I "think the atmosphere at university isa lot‘better than at high school, espe— cially Montague. Everyone here is here to improve themselves, and you learn

» to rely m yourself. I have but oneccnplaint: BlanchardJ-lall weekends are the shits; I hate being the only person who gets bored with drirfldng."

FRESHMAN

Mike Kennedy FRESHMAN r "I find university life

pretty-enjoyable. The classes are generally interesting _ and there are “plenty of in- tramural sports. The pigs, pubs, and'parties sure help keep your interest. (And ~ Labatt's Blue is easy to (Jane by here in" 'town.)"

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Iee Walker

FRESI-MAN' ‘ "There is a tremendous ‘ change from high Schom, to university. The abrospl'ere ‘ 'is much more relaxed, and ‘ helpful. The social life is great, and I enjoyed my attendance here so far."

Mary MacDonald -

"U.P.E.I. isa great exper- ence for me. Because I live at Blanchard,I get tomeet a lOt‘of people I normally wouldn't probably meet.

Also because I live here I get involved in a lot of activities like hockey games, basketball games, Main Events, and, of course House Parties. The classes here are full

of a lot of fun and inter- esting people." (guys?)

matter. I'm glad I got out 7 10f the Old Hare High School . I did. It always seems , just when you settle to do your school work, you find sarething better to do." I

GRINDING GREARS

(Continued from page 7) will be forced to chanqe his class. format if his course causes most of his students to fail or to drop out. If a professor's course isn't interesting,or isn't

~ well taught he may find

himself without a class.

‘Without students a professor

cannot teach; he has no captive audience as do high school teachers. ‘

Of course,this relation- ship works in the other

. direction as well. Students

who are interested-can chal-

‘lenge their professors, work

them harder, and raise the standards of a particular

course. v Nomthe purpose of this

article is not to degrade the pubic school system, nor to give university students delusions of dic— tatorial powers. It is wished, however, that every student, whatever his situ- ation, realize his respon— sibility, and take advant- age of it. We are the "why" for all these brick banks of instruction. ’

If fingers are to be point- ed at the problems sources of

the system, we will find them in our own faces. It

- is true that a good teacher

makes a better student, but its also true that a good

student makes a better teacher.

A high quality university" has high quality scholars. Now, the quality of scholar— ship is entirely up to us. That doesn't mean sitting in~the closet constructing atomic models out of tooth- picks and erasers, but it does mean realizing individt

potential anditaking advanta»

of opportunities by getting involved.

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through with a minimum of effort and a major in parties. Hopefully, our life time goals consist of more than a bottle of beer and a joint. Ifwe ever want to reach our goals, we're going to have to make an effort. 'Ihis world still holds lots of opportunity but it must be sought. Any success means hard work.’ Any success is '

I mrth it”

We, the students, are the ones who make the schools and universities goround. If we're ever going to make this world go round, its to our best advantage to put some substance into what we do by~keeping the professors on their toes and giving 1"t our best shot.

Alot of high school graduates

' never step foot on campus

soil but instead they leap directly into the labour

force. These people deserve sate credit, not for their skipping 'of university, but for their courage. All'too

often, university is an excuse;

an easy way to avoid doing SCITE work. There are enough so called "bird" courses to allou'anyone to pass