As my term-of officedraws nearer to an end,rI.would like to rekindle some iimbed— ded thoughts. This yea-tr». through they-Enemive's’ initiative and with. Coun- cil'slblessings, we pre- ' ~ viewed and reviewed the . union's structure, role, and responsibility. Such a task led us to meet wiht past and present members of the UPEISU.__'Iheir input gave
7 us a sense of- direction to look beyond today. It is at this point that I for one instinctively feel the UPEISU is entering a period of continuous revam-r ping.
Our willingness to take on the task of an internal overview made room to" intro—
, duce an open door policy. We foresaw 'that by opening the doors of the SU wider than before, a gradual flow" of different ideas may enter the rafters of the Barn. Financial and other incen- tives were implemented to '
attract various student groups.'Council, executive,
members also shared the ideal to involve in their areas of concern a variety. of student interest, The struggle to get an increas- ingly diversified student body in SU activities [is a goal not yet accomplished. Therefore, ‘such a goal should be a top priority of all future councils.
. UPEI is‘one of the few post-secondary institutions
Which maintains a'very demo—
Cratic governing role. The University's Senate and
Board of Governors contain representation from almost
all facets of the university.
Sub—committees of these two bodies further play this democratic action role by making sure the composition of any committee is wholly represented. 'The SU input on these boards may be al—
tered anytime if we do not,
heed the responsibility.
‘Brown’sg ten building plan I
by Dan Daniels
campus will be situated
'Ibdain- amidst much pub- in the Maln building.
licity, Student Union Pre$ident Philip Brum‘ announced his new "ten- building plan".
His old ten building plan, on which he was elected, had a scheduled expediture of $10.3 million. Unfortunately, even after Philip's self-
i imposed 5% pay out, there was not enough money in
3) In order to accommodate the enormous number of volumes in the Main Library, all professors will be moVed to new larger offices in the former residences.
4) The only element of the old plan which is contained in the, new? plan is the transformation of the Alumni Gym into a
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the budget to proceed with mseurn. ‘ the planned expansion which 5) The new UPEI Gym will
included the construction of new residences, a new sports complex and a new Student Union Center“ The new streamlined plan which is more budget minded involves putting existing buil- dings to better use. Scheduled chantes to be made during the summer y of 1981 are as follows: I) In keeping with his
be situated in the former Psychology Lab. Among other things, this should make for much faster paced basketball games, as the opposing baskets will be only 25' feet apart and the qourt 7 feet wide. 6) Elle New Building and . New Annex will be conver- ted to retirement homes ' for UPEI professors. 7) The treatment and
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It is our duty to the stu- dent body to insure the
« and voluntary/non-volmtazy voice of the concerned is
heard. A prerequisite should the interested stu-' dent(s) to categorize his or her priorities. Thus, one can be assured adequate time is available to fulfill the job's requirements.‘ ‘ Attitudes, a psychological function, has received little attention from the past and present» UPEISU Councils. You may well ask how one combines beliefs,
feelings and actions within a SU. Ah, my friend, it is not hard; first you ask your- self where is the Barn lo— cated? #$%¢&* that‘s right, down in front of parking lot , a long walk from the centre of campus or the li— brary. I do not agree with such a presumption inthe ' mental sense. Why? Because the location of\ the Barn should have no bearing whatsoever on the variety of functions it could be used for. Moreover, the scenario created through its location and character gives the Barn a rural setting, one of the} few “vital parts of PEI's econ— - any, So I humbly ask of you to consider these above points and reconsider some you may have of your own.
A second attitude which is prevalent around campus is the UPEISU'S cliche image. I will not deny that groups of friends use the ' Barn more than most students. Why not? At least they have an interest to come down and see what's going on. I, say with the deepest appreciation that if these students y had not bothered to take 'the time for a visit, much of our activity work would have went undone. Our int— erest and reliance on
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councils do not institute policies that encourage a variety of student/faculty participation.
_, last, but not least, is the existance of a
' feeling of lack 05 student
involvenent, a curse afflicting many students' unions. This apathetic
, (its distinguished label)
attitude has caused lots of debated on the part of both sides (student populace and-council) over” the past years. We have placed the blame on students, whereas they point to us for not providing acrivities which interest them. Where do ‘ we find a common ground? I recommend Council diversify their functions and students keeping an open ear on what's going on down in the Barn.
To put my address into a different perspective, I now move onto the recently accepted UPEISU Restructuring proposal. Before getting
on to this topic, I would sincerely like to thank Ivan MacArthur (chairman) and the other restructuring ccmmuttee members for the many hours and valuable input they contributed to the fainl draft. Also, I extend special thanks to the students and councillors who attended the 81 Spring General meeting. The changes outlined in the MacArthur report ( the name it adopted) were by no means an issue for the 81-82 inccmung executive. Basically, the objectives of the report were to cut costs and increase efficiency and student employment within the BArn. he (committee members) felt changes in these areas would keep pace with the present and future state
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monomer;
"students first" policy, all students presently living in Blanchard Hall, Bernadine Hall, and Marian Hall will have a better residence in which to-live during the next School year., "Ihe new. residence, now lmdwn as
addiction center will be annexed by UPEI to. allow freer access to the many students who could benefit from its facilities. 8) Finally, in keeping
g “ with the feeling that the
'S.U. building should be more centrally located,
the Robertson Library, 'Will the Barn will be moved
be able to accommodate Six students .per average Sized classmm, as well as an additional 200 on the second floor. ' .12) The new library on
’into the quadrangle be- I » tween 0355‘ Chemistry - center and the Main
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