FOUR BUCKS IS FOUR BUCKS!

_ STUDENT DISCOUNTS OFFERED HERE

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By Lisa Murphy ~

We the full-time students paid $4.00 in September to- wards a student fee called CFS, the Canadian Federa- tion of Students. What do we get for it?

Well, we do indeed ben- efit from the investment— if we want to. It is up to each student to take advantage of what is offered.

CFS is a student associa- tion of which we, UPEI Stu- Over 40 other post-secondary insti-

dents, are members.

Now that classes are back in full swing and some of the initial chaos of “Back to School” has subsided, we would like to take this oppor- tunity to write a bit about the recent and successful Frosh Week ’87,.

After a summer of end- less meetings and many long hours of work, Frosh Week

finally arrived on Monday,

tutions across Canada enjoy CFS membership and thus the benefits. The actual ben- efits are varied and numer- ous and include: travel dis- counts and planning, work abroad programs, Political representation, iobbying aid and the student discount pro- gram, Student Saver, to name a few,

The Student Saver dis- count program is a_ very large national program with the purpose of providing dis- counts on everyday products and services that the student may use.

in Charlottetown have agreed

Several businesses

to give a specified discount on their products or services

to any student who presents a student saver card at pur- chase time.

The card is of credit card size and is available to all full- time UPEI students at the Student Union office in the

Barn. Many of us received

Saving money with Student Saver

the card and an information booklet on registration day in September. If you didn’t re- ceive yours, march down to the SU office at the Barn and get it.

Why bother? Because four bucks is four bucks and you can get it back— albeit How? By using the card. For example, buy a pair of shoes at LePage Shoes,

indirectly.

one of the stores signed up on the program, for $40.00 and get the 15% discount of- fered through CFS. You save $6.00 off the shoes and have already gotten back the $4.00 you paid for CFS by your stu- dent fee.

The booklet available with the card tells us what other businesses of- fer discounts on the Island and in the other provinces. Also, these businesses display a red and white sticker of the Student Saver logo in their

student discoun

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121 St. Peter's Rd. Parkdale, P.E.1.

premises to distinguish the service.

Remember to ask in- dividual if they participate in the CFS dis- count program. If they don’t, perhaps you’ll given them incentive to par-

businesses

have

Frosh Week ’87 in Review

September 7th. The turnout was overwhelming as over 300 eager, enthused Frosh came out to participate in 3 fun filled days.

The Frosh were divided into 8 colored groups which provided a great opportunity for mixing and meeting new The highlight of opening day proved to be the Zany Outdoor Group Activi-

people.

ties (ZOGA) in which ‘all the Frosh made for an impressive sight with their multi-colored t-shirts and enthusiastic par- ticipation. The day concluded wth “A Night at the Carni- val” in the Barn where the Frosh gambled and danced the night away. The auction ended the evening wth great prizes such as a free course, walkman and a rubber dingy

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(this will come in handy for the Lake Blanchard Party). Day two of Frosh Week began early Tuesday with ini- tiations. This proved to be a fun-filled activty. sis was put on group fun

Empha-

and not individual embarrass- ment. This was followed by a Walk Rally on campus which was very helpful for the Frosh in finding ther way around UPEI. Olympics took place on MacAdam fieid in the afternoon. The afternoon ended with a hudge barbeque for Frosh and faculty which was hosted by our president, Dr. Eliot.

Tuesday evening was a Frosh dressed up as they were in an- other life. The Frosh proved to be honest and imaginative

big success as the

group.

Although the weather on Wednesday was wet and cold, this did not dampen the spirit of the °87 Frosh as they broke all previous UPEI Shinerama totals. The hardworking stu- dents raised over $6100 for the Cystic Fibrosis Founda- tion. That evening the Frosh celebrated their success at the Barn as they bopped to PEI’s own Rock Island Blues Band. As always the band was a smash hit.

Frosh Week ’87 came to a close on Thursday, Sept.10

Mary Brown's Fried Chicken

Nothing else comes close.

ticipate. Tell them to contact the UPEI Student Union for information about the pro- gram. Times are tough and this small part. of the CFS ser- vices is there to use and ben- efit from. .

at an Italian Banquet catered by Marriott Foods at the President Eliot ad- dressed the Frosh and wished

cafe.

them well in their academic endeavors. Steven Wynne the Student Union President, and Mark Griffith the Shinerama chairman, congratulated the Frosh on the success of Shin- erama and as promised they shaved their heads for the event. Special thanks to both for showing such leadership. spirit and sportsmanship you’re a class act guys and don’t worry your hair will grow back EVENTUALLY! Frosh Week °87 is now history but the fun and good times will long be remem- bered by the Frosh the fu- ture class of 1991. possible to organize such a

It is im-

wide variety of events without the help of many dedicated people. salute our Frosh committee

As chairpersons we

who timelessly and diligently did everything from attend- ing early Saturday morning meeting throughout the sum- mer to partying it up with the Frosh. The apprecia- tion felt to all those who contributed can never be ex- pressed enough. A special thanks is also due to the great

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