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Dawna Noonan Following is some informa- tion pertaining to several scholarships whose deadlines are approaching:
Parliamentary Internships
The program is designed to provide backbench Members of Parliament with highly qualified assistants. Choice is based on academic excellence, letters of recommendation and the declared motivation of the candidates, which should indicate familiarity with the operation of parliamentary government in Canada.
The intern’s stipend is ap- proximately $9000 for 10 months. Applicants must have
at least one degree in political science, business administra- tion, history, law, economics and other social sciences, and be between the ages of 21 and 35 years. DEADLINE: January 6, 1985. ELizabeth Cousins Large Scholarship
The scholarship is open to any student entering Junior or Senior year in Home Economics at UPEI, or a UPEI graduate who has been accepted for graduate study in Home Economics or a related field. Applicants must have superior academic standing, combined with a demonstrated concern for others.
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the arms race,’ ” Bell- Armstrong said. More than 250 organiza— tions, including women’s, church and peace groups, have been circulating the peitions. As the two cara— vans wound their way through the country, the activists picked up some of the petitions and encouraged people to sign their own. Although only about two people from Newfoundland and five from B.C. will arrive in cars in Ottawa, Bell-
Armstrong said hundreds of people across the country have been involved. She said local groups, many in rural areas, have started as a result of the campaign.
. “The campaign has given people a focus to set up local peace groups and to continue to work on disarmament. In areas where there weren’t local groups, they have sprouted up,” she said.
“It shows there is a wide range of support for dis- armament.”
DEADLINE: October 31, 1984
The Canadian Com- monwealth Scholarships and Fellowships Committee has announced the Com- monwealth Scholarship Graduate Study Program for Canadians. Awards for 1985 will be offered by the follow- ing countries: Ghana Hong Kong India Jamaica Nigeria Sri Lanka Trinidad and Tobago Uganda United Kingdom
The deadline for receipt of applications is October 31, 1984. For any further information, please feel free to drop by the Department of Student Ser- vices to see me, Tuesdays or Thursdays 2:00 pm. — 5:00 pm.
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Lovers 0f Shakespeare, D&D, and others
By JoDee Samuelson
For those of you who couldn’t answer the multiple- choice statistics question on the Vet College fence, here’s another stickler for you:
(1) The Tempest was written by (a) Shakespeare, or (b) someone of the same name.
Juding by the grim Mid- Term expression on many faces these days, this is no time for trivial pursuits. So here’s the answer: (b) some- one of the same name.
This comes as a surprise to most Elizabethan scholars who had assumed, until lately, that ShakeSpeare was Shakespeare. “Not at all,” claims a recent edition of MAD magazine. “Shake- speare was a complete im- poster who only went by the name of Shakespeare for per- sonal — and possibly ques- tionable — reasons.”
Pretty heavy stuff! Espe- cially when it is well known that the UPEI Drama SOCiety will be staging The Tempest
on November This seems a bold gesture on their part and we congratulate the Drama Society on their daring selection.
The Tempest was the last play written by Shakespeare (whoever he was). Many scholars have worked hard trying to find in its evidence of Shakespeare’s deteriorating health, increasing fatalism, thanatos, etc., etc. This is hard work.
The Tempest is a liVely, witty, meaty bit of writing with something for every taste. There is a passion -—- lots of it, and just plain lust too. There is music and dancing; magic; villainy; even a murder plot.
From the opening scene of a storm at sea, to the closing farewell speech of the sor-
auditioned for the UPEI .Tempest, one can only sur- mise that either Shakespeare, or drama in general, is alive and well on P.E.I. The pro- duction promises to be a great success, and one social event of the fall that you ~ shouldn’t miss. A Final Word, of interest
to D&D enthusiasts: It is now widely believed that Shakespeare was a
Dungeon Master. None of the D&D rule books from that era survive.
However, The Tempest seems to be the text of an Advanced Dungeons and Dragons game, played no doubt by Shakespeare and his cronies after a hard after- noon at The Globe.
Modern day Game Player
Hans Wendt (age ‘10) has pre-
pared this chart of Prospero’s abilities:
cerer Prospero, we are com- Strength 9 pletely in the thrall Of Shake- Intelligence 16 speare’s wonderful rimagina- Wisdom 15 tion and intelligence. What Dexterity 12 Theatre-goer could ask for Concentration 3 more? Charisma 8 Judging by the large number of people who
lCT explains goals, new play
By Jo nathan Orlowski
Island Community Theatre (ICT) will present a 40- minute comedy musical for children entitled “Mother Bath Blues” November 8, 9, and 10 at the Confederation
Centre of the Arts.
“The play will give kids an environmental awareness of the type of problems around us and of how these problems could possibly be solved,” said Deb Allen, co-director of
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[CT with Ron Irving. Performance of the Laurel Smyth play is set to coincide with National Energy Week, November 5—9. After it closes, the production . will tour various P.E.I. schools.
Why such a young au- dience?
“I think it’s important to develop an audience at this level,” said Irving, “because we hope that three or four years doWn the road, the young teenages they become will might develop an interest in ICT.” '
He added that one of the Theatre’s main goals is to present plays appropriate to Island audiences as a means of promoting social, cultural, and artistic elements of Island life.
Allen centred on anothe basic theme of ICT: its pre- sentation of workshops.
“We aimvto provide the leadership and coordinate
resources necessary in teaching the funamentals of theatrical production,” she said.
The third theme of the lCT is providing a stimulus for Islanders to create plays or dramatizations which raise issues and inform the public of topics of concern or interest.
The one-act playwriting competition which opens1 November 1 accomplishes that. It’s open to professional and non-professional writers born or resident in Prince Edward Island, including landed immigrants.
“A new play by an Island writer will be premiered in the spring of ’85,” said Irving. There is no title for the two- act play, which is still in the planning stages.
He summed it up: “Pro— ducing, and providing re- sources, are our fundamental goals. They are mutually
reinforcing ones.’ ’