UPEI TO GET LONG-PROMISED

py Mark J. Walker

How would you like to ake a dip in UPEI’s new pool or be able to watch he basketball Panthers in a pacious new fieldhouse? If hings go right, you may be ble to do just that within a ittle while.

The Canada win- er games will be coming to PEI in 1991, and some events ill be held at the Univer- ity. Therefore, the woefully nadequate sports structures PEI presently has will have o be supplemented.

The major change on ampus will be the con- tructin of a fieldhouse com- lex just north of the rink. he fieldhouse differs from he present alumni gym in hat several events will take blace simultaneously in the structure, vent completely ties up the mall gym. When the Games re over, the fieldhouse will

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ecome the universiy’s own lecreation and fitness com- lex ,and serve some of the eeds of our varsity teams. This is the hope of Mer- itt Crockett, head librar-

Elitist education:

By Dolly Bhatia

Last Wednesday, Octo- rr 28, the Debating Club’s bate on “Resolve that gher Education be Re- icted to an Intellectual ite” was a very entertain- B and informative one.

Very convincing argu- pnts and impressive debat-

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ian at UPEI, who also heads a university committee that represents UPEI’s interest to PEI’s_ host society for the 1991 Games. Mr. Crock- ett explained the funding of the games: All capital costs are shared equally by three parties: the federal govern- ment, the provincial govern- ment, and the host munic- ipality. All operating costs are picked up by the federal government. Of the $12 mil- lion that will be spent on new structures, $7.5 million will go towards an arena in the city, while only $4. 5 million will end up on campus for the fieldhouse.

This amount falls short of earlier estimates. In 1980, prior to the announce- ment that PEI would host the games,Mr. Crockett chaired a committee that de- veloped a plan for a field- house complex at UPEI. This proposal was approved by the Maritime Higher Educa- tion Commission, and recom- mended by the Commission to the provincial government in 1983. The proposal called

ing styles were demonstrated by both sides. Represent- ing the government side for the resolution was student Shelby Robbins, acting as Prime Minister and English professor Terry Pratt as the second government speaker.

They defined a higher education as a university ed-

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for $5.6 million to be spent on a renovated rink, a swim- ming pool, and a modular fieldhouse. The province did not act on the reccomenda- tion.

Work is being done in preparation even now. The host society and the uni- versity committee are cur- rently selecting an architec- tural firm that will proceed to determine what can be built with the allotted $4.5 million. report to the university and accept input from it before presenting their proposal to the host society.

Providing everthing goes smoothly, we could see changes as soon as next spring, with the construc- tion to last approximately 18 months. So if you want any special proposals of your own to be considered (like a pri- vate whirpool) or just. want to know the facts behind the Games, talk to Mr. Crockett at the library and keep read- ing the GEM for futher sto- rys. .

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ucation and proposed that a university education should be restricted only to those who are capable of contribut- ing to an intellectual uni- versity atmosphere. These are the people that will con- tribute best in professions.

The other less intellec- tual people would benefit most by being educated in mechanical and technological areas. They felt that in or- der to prevent the slowing down of intellectuals by non- intellectuals, society should have admittance standards for university.

Representing the oppo- sition against the resolution Studies professor Gary Web- ster as Leader of the Opposi- tion and student Bob Smith as first speaker. They as- serted that to define the in- tellectual is impossible and gave examples of people who did not show the capacity for great intelligence (such as high school marks), yet suc- ceeded in university and be- came great successes.

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Students evicted for

torturing cat

HALIFAX (CUP) — Two students at Saint Mary’s University were evicted from residence after they allegedly shaved a seven-week-old kit- ten’s fur off, painted it with correction fluid, drugged it, and threw it out a twelfth floor window to its death.

Charges have been laid against Steve Stokes, 18, and a minor who, due to the young offender’s act, cannot be identified.

Cruelty to animals is punishable by a $500 fine or a jail term not exceeding six months.

The kitten, obtained from a local pet shop, was discovered by SMU student Angela Penney last Wednes-

day. She was studying in her

fourth floor apartment when the kitten landed outside her window. Penney picked up the remains and disposed of them in a garbage bag.

Keith Hotchkiss, the uni- versity’s director of student services, said the were evicted Friday.

The Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Ani- mals is investigating the in- cident.

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This summer, two stu- dents from Dalhousie Uni- versity were fined $350 for unneccessary cruelty to a cat

after a similar incident in De- cember, 1986. The two were expelled from residence. ”

Also they argued that all people have a right to self- improvement. Restricting a university education to the so called “intellectual” would lead to an autocratic soci- ety as stated Professor Web- ster “These restriction go against the grain of freedom of democracy in Canada.”

The judges, Vivian Huizenga, Debating Club President, David Milne

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and Bob Campbell had a very difficult time decid- ing the winner. But, fi- nally chose the opposition of Professor Webster and Bob Smith as the winning team. The Debating Club wishes to thank the great number of people who turned out to watch and support the de- baters and encourages new people to join the club or to come to the future debates.a