,.. u‘uvsszq muw (A .. .-.\ u,&»a’w-J- . in. . W . y..~...‘_..w‘ w .1...“

,‘u a"

",5" r

~ * The “UPEI' SUN; Febn’ylary 18, 1982, page 5*

'crhe‘ : ‘ “ 4

Monday: The happy thought struck me today that Professor X, my arch—rival, is losing his touch. If I'. mistake not, he is gradually“ taking

longer and longer in successive conversa one to think of something to talk about which he knows I do not The'hope, is that one day he may fall silent altogether. ’

He reminds me of a weekly series of informal talks I used to attend at another University, called "Can You Top This?". People would recount some interesting experience they had had, or reveal some piece of arcane knowledge ( a i la Robertson Davies). This was fun, but~I ~ ‘ have noticed that most conversations in the academic World are a speeded—up series of Can You Top This, Bet You Can't, or Did You Know This, Bet You Didn't. Professor X is, or used 'to be, a master of such pseudo discourses. .

Tuesday: r The'Business school mind continues to fascinate me. Today I happened to mention to one of my business colleagues what a boon it is that werzcan' now get the Globe and Mail direct. 7"Oh; \ yes," he said, "And you know, the Globe has much more in it than just Business. It has lots of features on the arts, politics, foreign affairs,

. . . . " , No‘ kidding. _ ' '

Wednesday; Mid—terms are here again. Today I came up with what I thought was» a rather clever device fer one of my courses. Instead of badgering my brains, as usual, trying to think of a test appropriately difficult yet fair, etc, . etc. , I simply said, "Write acuestion suitable for a mid-term examination in this course, and then answer it. " But I reckoned without my— be1:e noir, Gallant. His response was simply to copy that sentence twice. Now I'm trying to figurecut if his answer is worth _l__Q_0_ or 9.

Thursday: The envelopes». we get our pay slips in" now, it just occurs to me, are like Christmas crackers. You grip both ends, pull smartly,

and voila, you pay snaps out. Of course, if you're at my end of the pay scale, sometimes you get a dud. ‘

Friday: I see Topics isfrout again today. ,An estimable and well-written little magazine.

Hagiography' raised to high art.

p "reviewers," n'ewSWriters,

able bodies, . ‘ ' "for an kinds of things!» NEEDS ‘ \

, Dru-p up. tio.4”'f~lo-‘0r Main.

_Mon and Wed:._ll-3 rl‘ues: 7 pm - midnight ‘ Friday; 11-2 ‘

Ragtime, an ambitious Dino De Laurantis project, presents itself as a time capsule of the 1930's. Opening nensreel footage sets the tone for the viewers trip through the social fabric of an era. Several plots and thenes intermingle throughout the film, however, the main storyline deals with Colehouse Walker Jr. , a young,black musician who, after being the victim of

an act of bigotry that is "

indirectly responsible for the death of hisgirl, takes justice into his own hands. "

James Cagney, in his much ‘

ballyhooed return to the screen, plays a crusty police commissioner who must stOp the violence of Colehouse Walker Jr.

Many other characters directly and indirectly involved in the main plot

HQVIESWJIM.

slip in and out of the action in amanner that, while causing the story to sometimes lose its momentum, =, does not detract from the film as a whole. Their presences manifest a wide array of social

attitudes that gives

Ragtime a rich texture. Also contributing a great deal to the film's texture is the music. ' Rather than simply using music of the era, the producers hired Randy Newman (remember the song "Short People"?)r to write , an original score. Newman spent several weeks listening to 30's music before composing an array of lovely melodies that compliment the period: With such outstanding acting, music, writing and presentation, Ragtime is a Shoo—in for at least one Oscar. '

MAPUS Update

Mapus is presently

to express support for such

in the process of determining a prOgram may write to

the viability of a child care operation on campus. that would operate on the credit/debit ’ system. The program

v involves no financial

dealings but instead functions on the basic principle of exchange: you earn credits by caring for children during your free time and these . credits are then redeemable in free child care service. Anyone interested in acquiring further infor— mation or who would like

Mapus, box 39, UPEI, or phone Judy Kohlsmith, 892-3795; or Jewel MacDonald, 894—8090. If sufficient support is shown, we‘ will approach the university administration for allocations of facilities. The credit/debit

system can be used '

in "many areas of university life .—' for example, book exchanges, and not only foster cooperation but ' plays that all impcrtant role of defraying costs.

x Off to EurOpe?

Flaming that big trip to Europe after

graduation?

Interested in working overseas for the summer? The" international student identity cards

are now in.

Come on down to the student union

office in the Barn and discover how the ISIC

card can help you and the services offered through

the Canadian Federation of Students - Services. Cost is 3.50 and the card is good for a full

year .

Don't wait, find out now!

For more information contact John MacDougall

or Terr y Palmer.