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re writing in appreciation f the workers who quickly leaned, threw out food, and e-stocked the cafeteria so hat it would be open the ext day after the fire in the unnels. Many staff mem- ers worked late into the ight and it was greatly ap- reciated by those residents _ ependent on the food ser- ice.

The Students’ Food

Committee Representa- ves

S. Mellish

S;

L. Kilfoil

L. Barry

It seems strange to me hat their should be a pub jith food donations for the jpper room (a noble thought n reality) but what about hose students who are try- og to make it go and liv- ng hand to mouth having o hold down a number of obs — when they should be tudy-ink! —

Pro-life

ST.JOHN’S (CUP) Memorial University’s stu- nt council unanimously re- sed to fund a campus pro- e group last week, citing e organization’s focus on oral issues”. : “The decision was solely rofessional one as all per- nal beliefs were put on ld. If (the student coun- ) had chosen to pass such ratification, it could have ssibly been perceived as a hud on morality ng (we) have no intention doing,” said council presi- t Ann Marie Vaughn. Gerry Carter, the coun- S vice-president academic, d pro-choice crusader Dr. nry Morgantaler was de- d permission to lecture on

some-

Pus for the same reason. But members of MUN Life argued that the coun- has accepted other groups ‘ch reflect stands on moral tes. Last year a campus

and lesbian group was €n club status.

Responded ‘shan, “Memorial’s gay F lesbian association was

! = Sa: See November 5 198’ ———————

Dear Editor:

In the last issue, there was a letter which praised the quality of the Gem, call- ing it the best paper of the last four years. I cannot un- derstand how he could say the Gem is a quality news- paper at all. To he frank. the Gem is no better than the Guardian, which is con-

sidered by Ontarians to be_

one of the lowest quality newspapers in North Amer- ica. UPEI students should not be so complacent about the quality of our newspa- per. We need more students who are willing to contribute their talents to the Gem. The major difference be- Gem and last semester’s is the in-

tween this semester's

creased sports coverage. I as- sume the author of the let- ter must consider this change to be significant. However, I presume he has a _ short memory. Only three years ago, Hartinger Ross, a ded- icated sports reporter, pro- vided the best sports cover- age ever, for a full year. Mr. Ross would report on every sports event possible, visit- ing the mainland when our teams played there. As a whole, I believe the newspa- per, then’called The Netted Gem, under the editorship

Council Won’t Support

Group -

recognized because they are a minority.

Fortunately or unfortu- nately, depending on your -point of view, the rights of the unborn fetus are not rec- ognized as having minority status.”

MUN for Life President Annette Hart said the group serves an educational func- tion, making students aware of the issues surrounding the rights of the unborn.

“The only stand group has as a whole is pro- life.” said Hart. “We do not want to get involved with any issues such as capital punish- ment.”

Vaughen told the group, which was formed this spring and is affiliated with the St. John’s Right to Life organization, that it should make its aims known to the Council funded Women’s Re- source Centre. The group will be allowed to use campus facilities. Council also rec- ommended that the organi- zation look into the legality of using the acronym MUN in its name. 5 ae

this

of Carolyn Ryan, was better than what we have now.

David Gallant (still a pseudonym)

EDITOR’S REPLY: I take exception to your com- ments. Sports is not the only thing improved about Gem this year.

the This paper

- was governed in the past by

a few editors who were either disinterested or incompetent and The Gem sunk to a level where it published almost no local news or locally written articles. This year, every is- sue but one has had a top- ical on-campus news ‘story on the front page and sev- eral locally written columns.

Open Faculty Seminar

The letters page has turned

into a lively forum of dis- cussion, and several sfudents have written personal opin- ion columns. The Gem has supported the effots of sev- eral on-campus groups such as the Engineering. Busi- ness, and History Societies in writing their own regular columns. The new Five Lines Free unclassifieds section has proved to be a smash hit.

I will not even mention the internal improvements the Gem has undergone that has enabled us to get the pa- per out on time and has even resulted in a few stories in

Friday 6 November. 3:00 pm

ATLANTIC VETERINARY COLLEGE FACULTY LOUNGE - 4th FLOOR

SPEAKER: Kristin Brady — Dept. of English - Western University

Topic: “Gender and History in George Eliot’s Romola.”’.

SPEAKER: Richard Hillman - Dept. of English - York University

Topic:

The Gem scooping the usu- ally hard to beat CBC.

I will not, however, say that The Gem could not be better. with the help of a few more interested students. We still lack students willing to write on-campus news sto-

It certainly can be,

ries. However, to compare The Gem to the Guardian is very unfair. Judging by the rate that copies of this paper are snatched up.every Thurs- day, it seems the students of UPEI find The Gem much better than it has been in a long time.

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