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On Jan 20/82, two meme

bers of the UPEI Business Society were chosen to represent the School of Business at the Atlantic Business Conference in Halifax. cussion at the conference was "Energy". is a detailed summary of the three day conference and the events which took place.

At 3:30 p.n. Wed; the

20$ of January, it was' decided to s.nd Will Gough and Doug Crford to the

Atlantic Business Confer- ence. Conference regi- stration took place free

13:00 neon to 2:00 pm on' Wed, Jan 20/82. We missed iDZEil -

pm

the

ing blizzard en route to the

ferry it suddenly oc01red

to them that they were

‘crazy to be driving in this

weather. The thought that N . MacDonald bad surgesely held them up in hope that the two would be foreVer lost and out of‘ her hair occured. The Crossing Was Kerked by Will Gouﬁn slauﬁhtering Doug Orford, 3 games tOf Zip a“ Asteroids. This

" " " . L‘ .1” “4”? substantially reduced the r

funds and a lean

arriving in Halifax by

the early A.M..they soon

discovered they had no glace

to stay as tte group of

reserved rooms ke.d at the Dresden by the conference comuittee had

Cruising Gottigen for a suitable abode tley seen ran into friends of Will's Cousin B who gladly put them up (v it). The next morning Came early and as they hurriedly prep’red for the first speech they realized they had no idea where tke conference was being held. The two event- ually diSCOVered the locat cation and arrived in time for lunch. Cold cuts . salads, rolls and numerous“ deserts were for the taking courtesy of Beaver Foods. When asked why they were late, Doug replied "We had to steal a car". Little did they know how fast rumOrs could spread.

The afternoon seninar dealt with "Energy" as did the morning, so we were. told. Here they met the

rother delegate including ex-gstriot Iaen Aitken who represent Tni-

The toric of dis-

The f01l°Wing ‘discuss it.

-ing through Halifax for

forseen. (funds

been Cinceled.

veraity from away.

st h:00*p.m. the seminars on "Energy" were over. However, because Doug and will had been stimulated so by the togic of "Energy" they felt they should go somewhere to After wander— tits next seven minutes they ‘ chanced pen a suitable spot to converse culled' Peddlers. It wes here they encountered a yleasant draft which was a nice change Eros the stuffy ~ atmosphere of the Dal Sub.

D.‘ 'Prctty hot topic thet-

"Energy" ehl' -

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_'Like uh! I m

tints where its at today! 'Yeahl Two pore d;:u

'm' H e

D.

w a pleuse!‘ 'Buryl....iou wanna go to the Nidtown?’ ‘No thats uphill, I haven't got the Energy' 'See what I mean, Energy affects Our whole lives. Nova Scotia got coal and Tidal Potential as well as offshore gus.’

D.

W.

D.

N.B. is going with y Nuklear and P.E.I. ‘

got diddlysquat and less since were not,: : buying-Et;.La_Presu..vwi and what does Jim Lee say? "Were gonna build a giant wood- stove”. See what I menu Willl_ Energy is most important' W.r 'Yeah, 2 more draft pleasel' V

'Hey Will! Is there not a dinner tonight?‘ w. 'Ya some guy named ‘John B. Cannon is talking on "Energy".'

‘OK then, like we better get ready eh!

By this time U.P.E.I. students were ﬁreparing 7 for the Great white Nerthﬁi

D.

:Pub and a good'time.~'Doug

and Mill meanwhile still; had not found a place tostay beéause Wills _ cousin could not put them" Up again.v This is where the two's dedication becomes.host evident. Ept only did they not have a place tosuay, they were missing two days classes in addition to those which had been stormed out. Reseertions were. made for one gerson on the 14% floor of the Holiday Inn. While N511 made reservations, Doug Smuggled their luggage into the Hotel. (2 peoéle and only “'yisg for one eh!) Yes the two were clevvrly cutting extenzes at every

corner to save the Boeiness

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Society money. Lucking

out again tbey found that this just ha gened to be/ the floor that other conference members wore-on. By the time they checked in there was a mere hour until +*“+ evenings dinner.

Again the two had to forgo

_much pleasure'to ensure a

reSJecteble appearance at \ the evening event. Rushing to the Dal

‘Sub. the two just made it

in tide to chug down tWO‘ quick ones at tne_recep4 tion. In the re aining few> ‘minutes‘of the recegtionv Doug bewen~to feel ill. ~Dinner was Called and tie two tOok their seat; It became evidentthdt the 1, dinner was not well organ- ized. Dinner'consisted of baby carrots , potato, salad, and fresh salmon. The two I Kain problems were these

1. no one had picked the bones out of the salmon and

they had do it theﬁselves

and secondly (the real crun— Cher) this fellow John B. Cannon began to speak befor; they had finished their desert. ﬁell being the polite two that they are, they didnlt finish théir‘i desert. Desert entailed: “_ Jello with fruit in it “t .“ Smothered in wh p cred : k usvat uyon h oOoKie.5-Mr¥ B. Cannon talked about‘ ~3-

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“"Energy” and seid‘tné

maritiies would soon have it aade. Doug who ﬁnd ‘been feeling ill beforehand could not stowach the melted dese ert nuch to Mr. B. Cannons disray. About.this tine will arrived on the scene and apologized on behalf of Doug, himself and their fellow reps from Acadia. 10:00 pn..scoured Halifax looking for an all night Dry Cleaner; couldn't find‘ one and had to settle for”“"

'“a'beer4at tife“'d’oixe‘lr“'i ei” 11:00(pm..Went“to’thelDalr7

Cbrmerce Frat for cold

.favorites and socializing.f7~“‘

Here they were~approaChed ‘by another‘delegete'frdbf%

Away and asked if actually stolen e a A)

CLI‘. ”

Dog replied ye .: About thiS’ ‘that'the not the' 'plsces and

tiie they noticed Commerce Frat was most liveliest of headed downtown. While downtown they visited the Network and

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prOVed us uneventful as

the rest of the evening.

The night concluded around three a.m. bf crashing

a party at the Holiday Inn. Stepying between the lively° souls s cattered around the floor Doug found a pizza,

to mooch on. The evening passed quickly and woke»

defend ‘ were tinfortaed the rszornin .

597€5eer for dillé§ee¢:°;¥?au

up cakl seemed early.

" Not wanting to miss any of the days eyents they'

left early fer the Dal. Sub. Unfortunately they later- found trot Fridays lectures were being held at S.M.U. Arriving in time.for lunch they were accused by the chairman of the conference' for having the Hotel dis- turbing party the night]. ‘ before. We quickly in— » i‘: 'formed that it was th

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‘boys from X_who were still

‘back at the note“ passed out and thus.not able to ‘ themselves. They

serinarsrhsd.been on "Energyﬂ Lunch was stein nVCold Cut Buffet courtesy of Oh Noelle 5a gs Foods. : ' e ;7 “L Once anxén the afternomn seninars were on “Energy”. Five ocbock rolled around ‘very quickly und there was nothing left to do except return to the-hotel for a

beer. I I Dinner that night

ended around 10:00. The

Speaker was‘ John Evans —

Parliarentary Assistant to

the Minister of Finance who

spoke on strangely enougnm,ii

'Finances ThQuqinner was“? good though;

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’ and free suckesoyj’u , _ After dinner they Vagain went to Cabbage town

and again it was Very uneventful save this one scum who had the uncanny ability to stexathrough people.(eh d.) »The party afterwards went to about 4:00 A.N. It was eventful but Will won't let me” ' know with who. The nekt day's events didn't start Until the P.H. and for the first time the two were‘on‘> "timea Thistw s to‘beythey;

‘ConferenCes ‘uost'bebtici _ _effair.‘ one that uptid;test , tEéir abilities to the limit. * gee the infamous Moosehead “y'

new i t v H V o ‘ Brewery Tour. Will, not‘

+ really beinyrfror'P.E.l. “eéuld'not handle it en§'_n

“ opted for’sobe free dies?“ at the midtown ale Kevin V.» . Burdette. SoyDoug, eager 4' as a Naive virgin Had tb 3b it alone. Arriving in the stately Alpine Room Doug waited in anticipation for the tour to begin. Noticing all the-others rushing up

to get beers he wond .ed when the tour was to start. Here he was informed that they no longer had tours

but instead showed a film, thus allowing visitors to have more time to atquire

a taste for the product. 'Devestded, Doug reluctantly