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Johnson gives details on Vet construction

By John Pendergast

According to James Johnson, program director for the Atlantic Veterinarian College, only one half of one percent 'of. the' school has been completed so far.

However, good progress has been made. The school should be ready by the open- ing of classes in the fall semester of 1986.

During the winter, when the ground freezes over, pre« cautions will. be taken to see that there is no damage to the concrete structure. Other-

Feds urge students to cut back on

wrse work “7111 proceed as usual.

The projected cost of the Vet College has increased since the original estimate in 1983 of 26.8 million dollars. But, that is not all.

The figure above only in- '

cludes the on-campus facility. There will aslo be an off- campus facility, which is expected to cost 1.1 million dollars.

This other facility will be a holding area for a variety of livestock. It will be structured like a farm, and designed to blend in with the surround.-

mg rural community.

The companies that are involved in the construction of the college are Robert

McAlpine, Ltd., the con- struction manager, while Morris MacCrae was

awarded the site development ' work.

Island Construction is responsible for constructing and paving the new parking lots.

Schurman’s of Summer- side have been give Phase 2A‘ of the construction. This involves the excavation of the building and its perimeter

foundations, including walls of north, south, and west sides of the building.

Tenders have been called for on Phases 23 and 2C. These phases will emcompass the rest of the foundation,

as well as the concrete structure. Level 300 will be the

second floor above the grade. Then there is level 400 above level 300, and after that, there will be a roof structure.

Level 400 includes struc- tural steel. This will be ne- cessary for fire prevention and occupant safety.

drinking to excess

By Muriel Draaisma Canadian University Press

OTTAWA — The federal government is pumping more than $1 million into adverti- sing this year urging students to stop drinking so much alcohol. '

According to Rachel Ladouceur, Health and Wel- fare Canada communications officer, the government has set aside more than $1 million for television advertisements, about $147,000 for bus posters, $94,000 for bill- boards and $60,000 for stu- dent newspapers.

The print advertisements display a young person engaged in physical activity, nearby the words in bold letters: “Take Action on Over—Drinking.” A quota- tion from the person about the uselessness of drinking too much alcohol appears below the picture.

Ladouceur says the govern- ment hopes the campaign will encourage students to exa- mine why they drink to excess and think about the possible effects of too much alcohol consumption on their health in later life.

“Kids don’t feel confident about themselves. and are' quite likely to drink to be one of the group,” Ladouceur says. “We’re trying to tell them about moderation, that they don’t have to drink with everthing they do.”

Health and Welfare began to target students in its “dialogue on drinking” cam- paign in 1983. Ladouceur says the government started the campaign in 1976, but changed the focus from 25 to 49 years olds to 15 to 29 Year olds after Statistics Canada released a study showing that the latter age group was more vulnerable to alcohol abuse.

Ladouceur says the govern- ment spent nearly the same amount of money last year in advertisements targetting stu- dents. But she quickly added

that the amount of money.

pales in comparison with the dollars set aside by breweries

for student-oriented adveri

“Students are your tuture drinkers. Breweries are getting at them through ads,” she says. “The breweries are very, very active on campuses and are trying to create a taste in students’. minds so they will be buyers for life.”

Officials from the Brewers Association of Canada, and Labatt’s Limited, Molson’s and Carling O’Keefe, three breweries which spent thou- sands of dollars on student newspaper advertising last year, could not be reached for comment.

Ladouceur, however, says she estimates Canadian brew- eries will spend about $200 million on television adver- tisements this year alone, in a bid to encourage young people to drink their pro- ducts. But she quickly added: “Oh, don’t use those figures in connection with me. I don’t know the exact fi-

gures.” Ladouceur says breweries reach students especially

through the sponsorship of campus events, Where they offer to supply large quanti- ties of beer to participants

for free. She says Health and ,

Welfare, along with some student and community groups, is trying to counter

the abuse of alcohol that,

often occurs during these events and breweries’ adver- tising with a message of moderation.

One student group launch- ing a national campaign with a theme similar to that of Health and Welfare is BACCHUS. Named after the Greek and Roman god of wine, the group stands for the Boosting of Alcohol Con- sciousness Concerning the Health of University Stu- dents.

Bacchus national director Doug Smith says the group, which promotes “responsible attitutdes” towards drinking on campus, already has three chapters in Canada. They are ‘Sir Wilfrid Laurier Univer— sity, the University of Water- loo and McMaster University in Hamilton. The U.S. has 180 chapters.

The Wilfrid Laurier chapter where Smith is based

will hold a workshop about student drinking for Ontario universities Oct. 26. Smith says he hopes Bacchus’ philosophy of moderation will spread throughout Ontario and next year, into the rest of Canada. The national campaign is being funded by the Association of Canadian Distillers, which gave Smith $15,500 in the summer to encourage stu- dent councils to set up chapters.

“Any cry for abstinence is not our aim,” Smith says. “it’s not realistic because drinking is socially accept- able. We just want to educate people about the use and abuse of alcohol.”

Smith says Bacchus will encourage universities across

the country to examine rules in residence concerning drinking, the amount of alcohol on campus, and the hours of campus pub operations. But the campaign will focus on getting students to help other students learn about the dangers of ex- cessive drinking, he added.

“We want to promote re- sponsible behaviour by say- ing to students, ‘Do you know you limit? Do you know you should have food available at parties to absorb alcohol? Do you know that missing classes may be a sign you are having too much to drink at night?,” he says.

“We want to tell them you don’t have to drink 15 drinks to have fun.”

Mr. Johnson. describes the ‘

construction to be “state of the art.” Everything has been taken into account in regards to their budget.

There are three major criteria in constructing the

Vet school. The first is quality. Secondly, there is the budget over which they “do not plan to spend a nickel more.” The last of these is that the school be ready for the first class in September of’86. '

Currently, there are be— tween 30—35 people being em- ployed at the site; 90% of them are Island residents.

Mr. Johnson gives judos to all of UPEI’s faculty,

students, and staff — the people who must bear the noise of construction.

Finally, he noted that this project is 50% funded by the four Atlantic provinces, with the federal government picking up the remainder of the tab.

Model UN looking for participants

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the National Model United

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Geers try to change image

TORONTO (LU?) -— Some engineering students at the University of Toronto are tired of their image as “beer guzzling partyers” and want to stress the “intellectual” aspects of engineering.

The U of T engineering students say they will educate their peers about the negative image prompted by their antics on Canadian cam-

puses, when they gather for an upcoming Congress of Engineering Students.

“Of course people go ta conference to have a good time,” says David Stubbing, chair of the congress or- ganizing committee. “We want to make sure that people go home with more than a hangover.”

“Publish or perish?”

EDMONTON (CUP) — A recent Edmonton Journal story which quotes a letter accusing the University of Alberta of promoting pro-

fessors unfairly has sparked,

debate on campus about the publish-or perish theory.

The university administra- tion has publicly denied that it promotes or gives pro- fessors pay increased based on their research and the number of academic articles they write, as opposed to teaching ability.

But Leon Craig, political

science professor and the letter’s author said the ad- ministration greatly rewards professors who publish many articles in scholarly journals and virtually ignores those who merely teach well.

“You could be the greatest teacher since Socrates, and not only be deemed unworthy to join the ranks of full professors, you may be exposed to ‘gross deificiency’ proceedings on the grounds of ‘insufficient research activity’,” Craig said.

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among arts faculty members

last summer and severely cri- ticized this sytem of pro- motion because it discourages good teaching. He said the type of research favoured by the'administration does not suit the humanities and social sciences and achieve “a deeper understanding of im- portant human questions.’ ’

Arts dean Terry White, however, says the university encourages good teaching as well as research.

White said the university’s faculty salaries and promo-

only publishing records, but

uses peer review, student assessments and interviews with graduating honours stu- dents. He said none of these weighs more than the other.

White claimed the univer- sity tries to strike a balance between teaching and re-

'search and said Craig only

wants teaching to be em- phasized.

Craig declined to comment further because he said publicizing the debate will have “deleterious conse- quences” for professors who uyinsmacccmnlisb‘ £21951. reforms of the system. i