Jim Lal

Jim LAI (1988 UPEI gradu- ate) has enrolled in the Master’s programme in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.

To finance his first year of graduate studies, he applied for, and won, a NSERC scholarship for $13,300; also a fellowship for $3000, and a Teaching Assis- tantship for $4,500, for a total of $21,000. ‘To finance his second

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Scolarships

Ten freshmen science students at the University of Prince Ed- ward Island have been partici- pating in the prestigious national Canada Scholarship program un- der the auspices of the Ministry of State for Science and Technology. Aimed at recognizing gifted stu- dents and encouraging them to pursue undergraduate studies in natural science, engineering, and related disciplines, the Scholar- ships are valued at $2000.00.

Scholarship recipients study- ing at UPEI are:

Erik Baker, Morell, PEI;

Andrew Frost, Kensington, PEI

Nancy Green, Cronwall, PEI Catherine Lymburner, Marys- town, Newfoundland

Ian MacPhee, Charlottetown, PEI

Kathy Morrison, Charlotte- town, PEI

Janice Ployer, Cardigan, PEI

James Richards, Murray Har- bour, PEI

Jamei Sampson, Charlotte- town, PEI

Jennifer Wightman, Alber- ton, PEI.

~UPEI Students on the March

year, he will get a similar amount.

Tony LAI (1986 UPEI grad- uate) has already completed his Master’s in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.

To finance his first year of graduate studies, he applied for, and won, and NSERC scholarship and a fellowship. He got as much for his second year, for a grand total of $35,000 (thirty-five thou- sand).

He has now began his Ph.D, same field, same university. To finance his first year of Ph.D. studies, he applied for, and won, another NSERC scholarship for $15,000; also a fellowship for $4,000. Next year, no doubt, the good lord again will provide.

Jim and Tony are brothers. In waterloo they are sharing a two bedroom appartment. They should have no difficulty paying the rent.

It is a well known fact that hard-working young scholars can be so preoccupied with their ‘ studies that, sometimes, they for- get their stomach. To avert

such a calamity, mother Lai have moved to Waterloo, and has taken command of the kitchen.

Bon Appetit! Tony and Jim. We are very proud of you and wish you well.

Colleen Mac- Quarrie (see Mayhew) UPEI 1987 graduate, enrolled in the Master’s programme in psychology at Car- leton University. She has already defended her thesis; it was ac- cepted “without revisions”.

To finance her graduate stud- ies, she applied for, and won, the P.D. MacCormack Memorial Graduation Scholarship, whose value is $18,000.

She says that, at Carleton, she enjoyed “especially the warm ca- maraderie among students”. The work-—load was “reasonable”; the programme “less difficult than the final year at UPEI”.

She has not been studying non-stop since leaving UPEI. Last summer, she took three months off to get married and to honeymoon.

She is now a sessional lecturer

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in psychology at UPEI. She is also a member of the PEI’s Steer- _ ing Committee for a National Study into Alzheimer’s Disease.

She plans to remain on the Island. “Definitely”.

She also plans to start a Ph.D.; but not yet.

At present, her thought are directed towards something more pressing: she is expecting: and her doctor has informed her that it will be twins!

Congratulations Colleen!

The NSERC scholarships are prestigious, They are awarded only to very well-qualified stu- dents. Normally, UPEI students are awarded tow or three every year. This year seven UPEI stu- dents won it.

For those. students who are less well qualified, there are smaller schol- arships and assistantships, There is a huge number of them, One Canadian university alone offers, each year, 1,000 (one thousand) assistantships, each worth from

$6,000 to $10,000.

Colleen MacQuarrie

It is a well know fact that al- most anyone who is accepted into graduate studies can get financial assistance of one type or another. But, of course, it is necessary to apply on time, and to prepare the application very well.

Arts student are reminded that the Dean of Arts has ap-

‘pointed thirteen awards officers,

one in each Arts department, to advise him about graduate stud- ies and to assist them in prepar- ing the application for money.

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Minds at first, then one by one, began disparaging Johnson and her ideas, much as had happened to Johnson in the women’s move- ment nationally when she lost her bid for the presidency of the Na- tional Organization for Women.

Similarly, many women I know here on the Island have read Going Out of OUr Minds with much enthusiasm, unable to put it down until it was finished. We each seemed to be up lifted by it for weeks, then slowly come back to earth with all our doubts and fears and yea, even put downs. Yet, to a woman, we can hardly wait to see and hear Sonia John- son in person, to make up our minds, or maybe even to go out of them.

All of us who are parents can certainly relate to Johrison’s de-

scription of how her adolescent children brought her to the hum- bling realization that “I could not change anyone but myself.”

“The minute I felt differ- -ent about myself, everything changed. My teenagers were no longer manipulating me. That changed the way I felt about my- self, Then everything changed. Because I changed, I was no longer able to be oppressed.” Up until then she had been protest- ing her third adolecsent’s’s bad behaviour and low marks which only made thing worse.

Johnson drew a parallel with the protests by the women’s movement. the more we protest against the system the stronger it gets. “I finally understood that patriarchy couldn’t exist without our believing that the men have

the power and theat we have to get them to make concessions to us.”

Her experiences in doing all the “right things - lobbying, protesting, politicking - led her to believe that she was doing the wrong things if she wanted to change society. She tells the story of a profound, if misguided biol- ogy experiment. There are two cans of water and two frogs. On> frog is placed in a can of wa ter which is gradually heated to the boiling point. the frog dies. the other frog is placed in a can of boiling water and it jumps to safety.

The message Sonia sees in this is that we can either keep adjust- ing to continued violence, a dete- riorating environment and qual- ity of life, or we can make the harder choice and leap out of this

pattern into a frightening new world of possihiit'es of our own making.

As a radical feminist, Johnson advocates replac- ing the male dominated system — stressing power, control and com- petition — with a feminist system.

“Feminism is a way of seeing the world as a place where every- body wins, where there is plenty for everyone,” Johnson says. “ It’s the only alternative to the one that men have made prominent: a system where the chief value is to be seen as the biggest, the best, as the strongest and the most in control.”

Her goal is nothing short of worldwide revolution — a revolu- tion she believes is beginning as women refuses to rely on men to change their lives.

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