By Denise Richardson ithina-week anyone who - ants to hear CIMN at home ill have the opportunity by ay of Cable Vision. A new Modulator 1 Con- ertor arrived at the Barn

ct. 31, after a long 18

onth wait. ' ,

The modulator_ convertor akes the radio signal from IMN and sends it through 0 cablevision of P.~E.I. The ignal can then be sent

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through your television cable. The modulator tunes and sends out the FM signal. It is the power out put unit tuned to 102.3 on your FM dial. This service will be avail- able to anyone who has cable ' service. , K What will be the benefits of spending $3300 on a piece of equipment for the radio station. Radio station manager Ken Baker said “It will hope- fully increase the listening

audience, give off-campus ' students an idea what is going on here and increase ad- vertisement potential. '

Baker said the modulator was “top of the line equip- ment for the price we payed, so hopefully it will last if it is looked after properly’ ’.

Once the equipment is set up, it will likely take about a ; week to work all of the bugs ‘ out since the station’s format ' has been changed.

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Volume I, Number 2

A time for memories _ 'andreflecflon

By John Dougan

ene Gorman, \ a retired bureaucrat and a W.W. II veteran representing V the Canadian Legion, came to UPEI to share his views on war and Remembrance day. He, unfortunately had_ no

audienceybu‘t he decided t6"

share his feelings anyway.

He said “even during this week of Remembrance, the men and women «involved in such experience recoil from the pain of its recollection. Standing in the ruins of London, Coventry, or

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Hamburg, you couldn’t have felt any exhiliration. ”

.Gorman added “for many who came back there is the haunting awareness of the ‘lost years’, the sadness of finding it necessary to devote these critical and productive years of one’s life to an» experience so terrible and yet so necessary.”

“Men and women were often called upon to defend

and even die for their ideals

and freedoms. It was not blood, race, and creed alone that made men kin, but ideas

By Ruth Edgett,

While some ponder the most suitable way to integrate the Atlantic Regional Veterinary College with the rest of UPEI, at least one professor says the best idea is not to integrate at all.

“I can’t conceive why we should want to integrate it,” says olitical Studies Chair Gary Webster. In his view the best '

ay to deal with the new facility is to let the veterinary experts l andle what they know best and for the rest of the UPEI laculty to mind its own business. That is to ensure the univer- ltY serves the purpose for which it was established. I

Webster’s saYs integration could go as far as a joint decision

aking body that would report to the board of governors; or he vet school faculty could form its own council that would eport directly to the board.

ebster says he is one of a number of faculty members who oesn’t approve of the college, but who, in the past sixgyears ave not been encouraged to talk about its expected effects on he existing insitution. ’

“The veterinary college is not primarily an education ' Ogect, it is a development scheme.” It’s been promoted by ohtrcians, businessmen and some farmers but not a signi- lcant extent by aCademics, he says. Meanwhile most Islanders ee it as a source of money and jobs rather than as an ducational institution.

Webster describes the collage as a “patronage scheme” in hid} the federal government and those of the Atlantic rovrnces have been induced to put money into a project that ~ expected to generate more money for Prince Edward Island.

The political studies professor says dissenting views on the Ollege haven’t been made public because of internal pressure keep Quiet: And the la’sfmeeting ‘to openly , discuss the

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aswell.”

It is right, therefore, for us to remember those men and women who sacrificed so much in the name of freedom and heritage. *“

The conflicts and in- humanities which we can see taking place make us realizer‘ that our struggles are not over. The rights and wrongs of certain issues are easily distinguishable and can be- come even more so by working to achieve “good, informed, and concerned citizenship.”

broad implications of the college was at Senate in 1976 when a vote in favor of the principle of establishing a veterinary school passed by a narrow margin of eleven to nine.

“Now that it’s (the college) here, it is very important for Islanders to understand that it’s purpose is not the same as the purpose of UPEI -—- that is to provide a broad education to the largest possible number of P.E.I. high school graduates. By its nature it is limited to a small elite; by its nature it is extremely expensive.” ‘ ~

The faculty will consist‘of 50 full-time instructors and with the addition of lecturers from other schools, could total 70. That number compares to about 110 professors at UPEI. The college will hold 200 students, while UPEIbthis year has about 1,700. Owing to a scarcity of veterinarians in Canada, people willing to move to P.E.l.. and teach at the veterinary school will no doubt be scarce and expensive.

That brings up one of Webster’s main concerns: that the school will end up costing so much to run that provincial money for secondary education will go to the vet college at the expense of liberal arts and science programs at UPEI. Webster isn’t sure how cost effective the new institution will be, and he says he hasn’t seen any figures to relieve his concerns.

As well, the Prince Edward Island govemment made a poor business deal when it signed the funding agreement for the $36.5 million facility, says Webster. The federal government agreed to pay ‘50 per cent of the construction cost and the four Atlantic Provinces, the other 50 per cent. Of the $18 million split among the four pr0vinces, P.E.I. pays $7.1 million and

has agreed to pay for cost overruns. And costs that exceed , budgeted amounts seem to be common place among public f construction projects. < 5 .

Despite rough play, the‘Panthers hockey squad went on to. beat St. Mary’s in two games straight last weekend. Photo: Blacquiere.

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patronage scheme”—Webster

“In terms of paying for this, its my guess that the province of Prince Edward Island is going to find itself in big trouble.”

Webster says the threat of cost overruns in construction and administration of the new facility means UPEI admini- strators are going to have to be very careful that the new institution doesn’t “bankrupt the entire post~ secondary education system on P.E.I.”

The professor says another question that needs answering is who the beneficiaries of the new facility will be aside from the graduates. Although P.E.I.’s cattle herds are cited as one reason for locating the college here, Webster says his information is that commercial herds on the Island are on the way out. The planned Canada Packers closure in Charlotte- town and the high costs of shipping together with a weak dairy industry means Island cattle farmers are finding it increasingly harder to recover their costs of production. So, a

V few years down the road, the new vet college might find itself

with hardly any herds to service.

As for acquaculture, Webster says he hasn’t received much information on that branch of the veterinary school. But he said he wonders whether the work that will be done with marine life will benefit independent fishermen or large fish corporations.

So far, says Webster, there’s been a lot of PR about the new college but no concrete answers to hard questions, such as whether the facility be cost effective. He said the university community has been “sold short” and kept in the dark during the planning of the college.

He summed it up this way: If a business student were assigned to do a policy project and he came up with answers similar to those given to faculty members about the vet college, he would flunk.