Nowhere-Fast

I spent_most of last week ither in meetings or dis-» ussing Contents of meetings ith other students and aculty. No matter what the initial discussion or the intent of the meetings it seemed that the conver— ations and arguments ended p at the same basis - there's omething wrong with the irection in which the niversity is heading.

There appears to be two onflicting.attitudes con- erning what direction we re heading for. The elit— ists and/or bureaucrats ave one idea and sorrowf— lly have the authority to ulfill their own personal 'deals which,in turn,affect he entire university comm— nity,excluding the before entioned e1itists,and in— cluding those persons who ave their ears tuned to the heart‘béaf’of“the campus, now or havé”a fair idea'” f what direction the uni— ersity should be heading. en these two factions ome together for the pur- ose of discussing Univer- ity Objectives - Etc -the ittle guy becomes strangled y the big guy. To put this 'n blunt terms — we are oing nowhere — fast.

This brings a lot of que- .tions to mind. Will the

Good-bye UPEI

Committee on Aims and

’Objectives ratify this di-

ssention among the ranks,

or,just cushion the position

of the academic bureaucrats? Who would like to attempt

to predict the future of UPEI based upon facts & figures for the past two years? Who would care to

rise up in dissention against

our academic bureaucrat's manipulation and coercion

of the rest of the university

,community? ’

Another question — how would you answer these questions? And what can you 'and I do about it? we can sit back, watch Rome burn and say "I told you so!" Or,we can make an honest attempt to let other people know how we feel and maybe even attempt to try and do something about it..

But it's not only from one area that there is

"problems,just go out and

ask an education student how things are going in that department. Political Science,English,Psychology is any department running smoothly? Is anybody trying

'to find out why everything

and everybody is riding on the waves of dissention? Ask the Maintenance workers the secretaries of the ' steno pool are they satis—

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Knowledge is a source of power and money.

fied? Even with all of these areas of problems,the con- clusion will end up the

same in all of them. The problem stems from the attitudes of those persons in the top positions of

the university. We do not want those person's ideals and aspirations taken out

on us or shoved down our throats. For those persons who are guilty of this of— fence - listen to the heart—beat of the university it may give you some insight into the future. Believe

me — you need some insight. There is something rotten in the University of PEI (not in the state of Den— mark).

"Rumor has it" that this week Rachael (my on—again— off-again room—mate) turned into a domesticated house bird. This occurred when she set an all time record for eating sunflower seeds and the resulting effect is that we now have to cover our apartment floor with newspapers.

now be found on campus

of the stairs. We on the Cadre staff

do.

to us for free).

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In case you haven't not— iced yet, the Cadre can

in nice bright red paper stands. They are located in the barn,1ibrary,cafet— eria,and outside the Cadre office. If you,pick up your paper in Main,they will still be found on top of the radiator at the bottom

are-in no way promoting the act of smoking - in .fact We are aghast at the idea that certain students

'Being,so sure that stud— ents at UPEI would not be f°°1ed by this advertizing PloYaWe agreed to accept the boxes(which were given

That may sound all well and 800d,but what it really meanSis that we were bought

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