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THE CADRE,MARCH 27,1973, PAGE 9
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To CHOOSE VA
Has it ever occured to you that you are, for the gmost part, like everyone else? I do not refer to sim- iilarities of dress, language, nationality, sex, occupation, etc.; that is, those which you_can observe with the -material eye; what I do re- fer to is your similarity of values, beliefs, hopes, asp- irations, desires, possibil- ities, etc.
Is this because we are in fact all alike? Yes, we are, in that we all have po— ssibilities, we all fear de— ath, like pleasure, avoid ’ pain; etc. \
But my possibilities are not your possibilities; they may even be the same kind, but they cannot be in fact the same because emanate fr— om two different individuals.
Although we have human- ity is common, we are infin- itely different. We, in our
difference, can choose enti- rely different values, bel— iefs, and so on. But we ha— ve "values" and "beliefs" as abstractions — in common though their manifestations are necessarily different. Why is it then that most— indeed all ~ of those arou— nd you (you included) share the same values, beliefs, etc. Were each of you, in your home as children, enc- ouraged to choose your own values, etc. (I do not sug— gest that, as children, you were encouraged to develop your own values, but I ask if you were prepared in such a way as to choose for your— self what you would value wh— en it was possible to do Ch?“
at.)
Previously this was not the case because most Ofyou reflect the common values of your parents. Your parents
New Residence Clarified
There is, it seems, a considerable ammount of con— fusion about the price of the new residence. ’
mcupancy Price/Student Rent/Mbnth also agreed to review the 100% $500 $250 price after the results are 95% ‘ $515 $257.50 _ tabulated from the summer 90% $530 $265 operation of the residences. 85% $545 $272-50 The new residence will be' 80% $560 $280 rented during the summer to 75%- $560 $280 tourists and according to
entative agreement between Mr.D.Clough,
fill Simmons, and Ken McNeill.
The accompanying table shows the net rates that will be charged by the university. The reduction will be in the form of a rebate that will be
INTERESTING COMPARI
' credited to the student's at sbme time durring the year. The ceiling on the rebate
will be $60.
The administration has
to give the students a
stantial reduction in the fees for the new residence.
Ken McNeill
the informed sources in the hotel/motel industry this would result in a $50,000 profit to the university. This profit should be used
SONS
shared similar values and passed those values on to you without encouraging free
-choice of value for yourse»
lves. Consequentlv there is little or no diversity of values at university and especially at the elementary levels of deucation. What are these values?
Having security, getting a job, career, occupation, etc.; getting an education (which is not determined by you); marrying with about two children; getting along with others (which means in the final analysis, conform— ing so as not to throw the other values in jeopardy). These were excellent values for a country which was rec- overing from World\War II and the depression. Now these values are yours even though they do not serve the same purpose. They were ac- quired by you unthinkingly
sub-
Lately the writer had the Opportunity to spend a few days in a residence of a Competing university (Acadia). The difference in accomida— tion between U.P.E.I. and the competition were immede- ately obvious.
To be specific, Acadia residences have tiled floors in all rooms and carpeting in the hallways. There is a lounge on every floor or for every section of a floor. This amounts to twenty stud- eHts per lounge. Then loun- 898 include a stove, fridge and sink along with strong, well made, asthetically ple— aSing furniture.
The washrooms are modern with an average of four sho— weI‘S, four toilets, a urinal (in men's washrooms) and nine
‘Sinks for an average of twen- tY students... . Share. an: .even
, theirs and outs
separate facilities for vis— itors of the opposite sex. The rooms themselves are very well equipped with from six to eight lights in a do— uble, including two flexible desk lamps, two vanity lamps ~and two ceiling lights, some rooms even have bed lamps. The rooms are also well equ-
ipped with electrical Outlets,
a double has eight, and the heating is controlled by a thermostat in every second room. , '
All desks, beds, bureaus are built in so as to save room are therefore construc— tion operating costs without reducing the size of the roo— ms. For all of this the re- sidence student pays $880 for a double and $950 for a sin- gle. Meals are quite simil- ar to those at U.P.E.I.
For those who aren't fa— ‘miTiar with etonomics. gener-
al economic theory states that a consumer (that's stu— dents) will choose an artic— le of equal quality on the basis of price. So it may be assumed that with both better quality and lower pr— ice Acadia residences would be more successful than
U.P.E.I.'s in obtaining resi- Acadia has full resi-
dents. dences, in fact for the room draw in women's residences over six hundred women paid $25 for the privelage of reserving a room. The sit— uation here is one of apathy towards residences, the maj-
ority of statements question—
ing seriously the benefits recieved for the money exp— ended.
(of course you were hardly
able to defend yourself int— ellectually when just a child) and now you must somehow try to integrate these values in a relatively secure world.
A shift of values is evident it had better happen for yo- ur sake because as things
are today they are no longer acceptable.
They are the values of the herd; they were acquired by members of the herd as members of the herd.
VVery well, you sould not think as a child (at least not effectively), but you can think now! Or can you?
Do you have the courage to accept the implications serious thought may give rise ‘ to with respect to your val— ues? Do you not think that knowledge and understanding carry with them the heavy burden of responsibility? You would be indeed foolish to think that.
You are called upon to excercise your freedom, res— ponsibility, and your capac- ity to make decisions in ord— er to determine for yourself what values you shall have, what beliefs shall be yours, etc. YOU WILL NEVER BE A UNIQUE "SELF" UNTIL SUCH TIME WHEN YOU STAND BY YOURSELF COURAGEOUSLY IN DETERMINING YOUR QEN VALUES, BELIEFS GOALS, ETC.
0n the other hand, you can run away from this task into the safety, security, and conformity of the herd — lose yourself — and become a wre— tched non-entity. The choice is YOURS and yours alone — it's anEITHER/OR.
STAN DALTON
may Well decide to attend another university. Acadia has been holding their stud- ent population for the past few years while U.P.E.I. has been losing students every semester. Are students cho— osing other universities over U.P.E.I. because they feel they receive more for their dollar? Is the relatively poor quality of residences on this campus turning stu— dents away from U.P.E.I.?
As a final statement, students are making their choice and unfortunately for U.P.E.I. many are heeding the often repeated statement of the administration,
"IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE."
Another point that should
be brought out is that res— idences make a difference to
. the incoming student. If the residences are.ooor students
Ken McNeill
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