FEBRUARY 3, 1970

“We just couldn’t keep go— ing if we didn’t get support from the Student Councils. If we were going to carry out the programs, outlined at the Fredericton Conference, then we had \to get money. When Memorial, UNB and Dalhou- sie refused to join, we decided to call it quits.” This was the

\

‘ ent Councils

assessment of Dennis Mac- Kay as he announced that the Federation of Atlantic Stud- (FASC) had ceased to exist.

The decision was made at a meeting of the Executive in Charlottetown last week- end. MacKay said that it

was particularly disappoint- ing to him that the Federaé

\tion did not even get a chance

to implement its programs. “I think we had programs and a method of implementa- tion that could have work.- ed,” said MacKay.

The other members of the

mailstrom

PEKING REVISITED

Congratulations to Puppy Karl M. His point should be Well taken by the ‘so—called “Si-lent Majority”, whoever you are. You bunch of prick- ish idiots, don’t you know by now that all you are suppos- ed to bitch about around here is what KarL and company tell you to bitch about.

Remember, and I quote Karlsie poo, “...as we all know, questioning and criti- cism will destroy the balance of our fine system.” Karl doesn’t seem to mind using his privilege to criticize any—

thing that he likes to, but i .

someone doesn’t agree with him and he expresses this dis- like then all of a sudden Karl is up in arms. We are all a bunch of unruly people and should be dealt with as such.

Karl also implies that this place is being D-ICTATED by the ADMINISTRATION. If this is so, then I would ap- preciate him explaining the presence of: 2 students on the Board, 6 on the Senate, at least ,2 on every Faculty Board, and more students than faculty '(4—2) on every Senate Sub—Committee. Sec- retly, they must all be paid by the DICTATORS to do as they are told, right Karl?

If. we all diligently follow Karls wishes, there won’t be any need for K.C.’s gas, be- cause there won’t be any- thing to out it into; we won’t be needing any of E.P.’s horses, because there won’t be any races; but we will de- finately be in dire need of Dups napalm because every HELL needs a good bet fire.

Karl seems to be forgetting one little aspect of this whole issue. That being: this Un- ion ? is made up BY the stud-

ents and FOR the students“

If the STUDENTS don’t want to support Karl and co. with union funds then he shouldn’t be around! If Karl wants to take on the world, let him do it, but not under the name of . the .UPEISU!

Bob Blanchard, ’ : Interim Pres of U.iS.U.C.K. (University students United to Crinkie Karl)

REGISTRATION _ HANGUP Dear Sir:

As a freshman student in this university, I am appal— led by the way in which the registration procedures have been carried out, particular- ly’ in reference "to the second "semester registration as it was carried out in the Alum- ni Gym on Jan. 5, 1970.

‘St u d e n t s attempting to beat the rush by getting in

early discovered that in spite of all their efforts they had\ to wait anywhere from one to three hours in ill-defined lines extending from one end of the gym to the other. No indications of what set pro- cedures the students were to

' follow were in evidence. What

are we anyway ?—mind read- ers? It would seem that half the confusion in registering stems from the fact that the s tvu d e n t s don’t know (to plagiarize an expression) ‘where it’s at’ and the overall system of organization (or dis—organization) fails to in- spire much confidence in the whole procedure. Alphabetical signs were in-

‘ conveniently placed (too low

to be easily seen) and more than one student found that after waiting for an hour or two in line, that he/she was in the wrong line and had to join the proper stream and start over again. It takes

little imagination and a lim- ‘

ivted vocabulary to describe the reaction.

I was also informed that.

many members of the admin- istration had! remained at their respective tables — without break — fo-r‘ the whole day. I don’t think\that they should be expected to go to this extreme either, but under the circumstances and conditions that, prevailed, this was necessary in order to fin- ish before midnight.

In order to avoid having this letter shrugged off as being just another piece of destructive criticism I am making the following con- structive suggestions:

(1) inform the student of any desired procedure that will speed up and facilitate registration. (2) stagger the registration period over two days instead of cramming the ritual into one day (i.e. fresh- men and sophomores one day and junior and seniors the next.) (3) place all pertin- ent signs in easily readable positions to avoid the type of chaos outlined above.

In closing I would ask any

_ member of the student body

or faculty who has further suggestions or ideas on how to improve this situation to forward it to the administra- tion immediately so, that we are never again subjected to the present test of physical

r and emotional endurance.

—Bill Burden POSTER PARANOIA

Dear Sir,

As part of the committee designated to put up posters in the downtown area pub- licizing the fee increases at UPEI and asking the support of P.E.I., we find it necessary to also make public some of our encounters with the man-

agement of the various stores in Charlottetown.

We extend our. thanks to the stores such as Sell-Rite, the Esquire Restaurant, Hol- mans, Zellers, Lords, Sally Shop, and Stead’s Pharmacy, who allowed us ample space for our posters.

Our deepest sympathy to Rogers Hardware and Russ the Bargain Buff, who re- fused us permission. We can only surmise that their busi- ness would be threatened by the presence of such radical displays.

We shall try not to be bit- ter towards the manager of Eatons who refused even to speak with us after the pur- pOse of our visit was ex- plain-ed.

We are bewildered by the policy of the Old Spain, which granted permission, then! lat- er removed the sign and den- ied any knowledge of its ex-

. istence. And we are totally

confused by the policy of Henderson and Cudmore who readily granted permission for a poster on the front door C‘oincidentally, Premier Alex Campbell walked in as the sign was being erected. Was it also coincidental that the sign was down ten minutes later? We confronted the manager and permission was again given, this time for the side window, because of the $2000 front door”, which we can only presume will crack under the strain.

These experiences leave us feeling grateful, sympathetic, bitter, bewildered, confused and completely frustrated. What the hell is going on in this city????

——Poster Committee

,CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. 1.

FASC Dues

*Executive and the fieldwork-

ers felt the same way and spent about two hours discus- sing way that might keep the organization going in some form.

In the end the Executive decided to keep the fieldwork- ers. going until the end of

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January, hoping that in this time they might be of some help to the Nova Scotia Agri— cultural College (NSAC’) and

to St. Anne’s College. After that the rest of the money would be returned to the uni- versities which had paid their fees.

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BOOK HERE NOW . . . Dear Sir:

We Wish to thank The CADRE for the space given the Library in its last issue before Christ- mas. We wish also to point out some facts con- cerning the borrowing and use of library mater- ials which are the responsibility of the Circula- tion Department. The retention of the present lending system depends on the co-operation of UPEI library users. Borrowers may suspect that UPEI librarians are anxious that library books and other materials be used as much as poss1ble by as many as possible for as long as needed.

That is correct. We believe that in a Univer- sity only the borrowers know what they need and for how long. Your UPEI Library has few res- trictions so far as borrowing books for general use is concerned. UPEI Library probably has fewer restrictions than most Canadian univer- sity libraries.

According to the lending system being tried presently in UPEI Library you may borrow as many books as you require for use as long as you need them unless you are requested by the Circulation Department to return them- A re- quest is sent for the return of a book if that spe- cific book is needed by another borrower and the “Date Due” time is up, i.e. two or three weeks. Requests for the return of library books are also made at the end of the academic terms and at Easter, that is three times during the academic year.

The Circulation Department of U PEI Library is now requesting that all UPEI lib- rary books borrowed in September, October, No- vember, and December be returned to the Cir— culation Desk promptly, unless specific permis-

_,sion has been obtained. We wish to point out that penalties will be imposed, for each book, on those borrowers who disregard these requests.

. We, in the Circulation Department of the Library, would appreciate space in The CADRE to put forth these ideas.

Thanking you,

Yours very truly,

(Mrs) F. Lothian,

Librarian, Circulation Dept.