— Ian Mollison

Everyday I remember the men and women who gave their lives for this coun- try, for my father, a. vete- rian of World War II, almost did not come back. And as a member of the Cana- dian Forces Reserves, I will be asked or told to go to war and defend Canada’s territo- rial rights and political views for all Canadians, from who ever is attacking them.

If you happen to see the Remembrance Day Parades on TV, watch the old men who aré on parade and re- member. Each one of the men who you see on the TV represents 1000-1500 young Canadian soldiers, all in the prime of life, all the same age

Sports and

I am writing this letter as a member of the Gem and the’ editor of the Sports De- partment. This letter con- cerns an editorial written in last week’s Gem about the quality of the Gem. I have only been a student at UPEI for two years, but I must say that the quality of the Gem has improved greatly over last year, which be- fore Christmas could have become extinct because of our friend the engineers little joke. Now I’m not prodding the engineers because there is nothing wrong with a lit- tle joke but a public newspa- per was no place for a sex- ist article, even if it was a joke. Derrick Webber took over the Gem last year and has done a super job of han- dling us crazy Gemmies and

Remembrance Day

of you, who will never know

what it will be like to grow old because they gave up their lives so that we could be living in a free, country. Also, listen to the haunting

sounds of the lone piper or

trumpeter as they play the last post. If you truly lis- ten to the music and remein- ber, you will be stirred by the sights and sounds that

by Sam Okello This week is a time to

honor those who died during the World Wars.

While f brate their Day, the Irish are burying their dead as a result of a

The Gem

making sure that there is a paper every week. It is not an easy job as hours upon hours are spent in front of a computer and the lay-outs table.

Now as Sports Editor of the Gem I thank the writer of last week’s column for say- ing that the Sports content of the Gem has improved over last year. But when he said that the former Sport’s Ed- itor was very loyal and fol- lowed the Panther teams off- province that really annoyed me. I am just as loyal as any other UPEI student and sometimes I might make a slip of the pen and upset a group on campus but, I am willing to correct my mis- takes. Thanks to a mem- ber of the Field Hockey team this year I was able to see

Canadians cele-

Remeinbrance

bomb massacre in Northern Ireland by the IRA terror- ists.

Such a painful legacy re- mains one of the threats to our society. In the wake of this threat, the question to be . addressed much safety precautions do have? Most people will probably say ‘not very much.”

is: how

we

surround the parade, and

maybe, just maybe, you will pray that we do not have to add more names to the long list of gallant, brave men who will NEVER come back.

There are a number of catastrophies. Some of these are high crime rates, ozone layer in the Earth's atmo- sphere, killer diseases such as AIDS, drought causing a transition of arable land into Sahara desert, and many more.

nuclear war

However, the need for peace is urgent. Frequently, such the leaders

activists as civic

and church promote the strict enforce- ment of law and order. Be

that as it may, totalitarian-

try to

ism brought about by so- cial imbalance is still at large. All begin by promis-

ing to set things right, ac- cording to Canadian novel- ist Margaret Atwood, “if all they promised was terror and

Even though I do not know you or very many peo- ple who live in Canada, I know that I would go an fight for us all. WHAT WOULD VOU; DOG :.72:7

moral chaos, no one would give them toe-room.”

Like any other broad the- ory of peace, freedom is subject to many criticisms, and its significance should be weighed as a contribution to the development of human rights rather than as a dogma that must be abused.

Looking through recent magazines, one finds many articles expressing fear about the safety of Therefore should the rough

our lives.

get going, the tough may not get going. .

that I was mistakenly criti- cizing the team in the first few issues. I would like to thank that member of the field hockey team for inform- ing me when I screwed up. That was constructive crit- icism and I invite anyone who has a beef about the sports in the Gem to tell me through an editorial or send it through VaxMail to the Sports Editor c/o The Gem.

As for travelling out of province to cover all the games, that is virtually im-

possible and very expensive. -

Sure I would like to travel with the teams across to the mainland on every occasion but it would be hard to get an education, which is the

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Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship

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This week our local chap- ter of I.V.C.F. welcomes you to come on out and listen to our very own Vernon Vick- ruck speak on the topic of:

“To Follow God Seri- ously” :

The meeting will held at our usual meeting place: the Lecture The- atre of Robertson Library (rm.111). The gathering will start promptly at 7:00 p.m. _(except for the straglers who come at 7:15).

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real reason we are all here.

In conclusion I would like to suggest to the writer of the column that he come down to the Gem office and start working on the paper. That should let him know that it is not as easy as some people think to put the Gem together. To my fellow Gem- mies take a bow for a job well done and Good Luck in fu- ture issues.

— Darrell Cole,

Gem Sports Editor

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be compared to The Globe and Mail, New York Times. I am tired of people criticis- ing our Island and the things that are on it.

Yours Truly, Wendell Blackett

Dear Mr. Editor,

This is: “A Rap for ‘Let- ter Unsigned” ”

To the guy or girl who wouldn't print their name

If you don’t understand, next time refrain.

I want you to read be- tween the lines

And you will see its not all just rhymes.

U-P-P-E-E-E-I-I U-P-P- ‘E-E-E-I-I whoua!

P.S. Please let me know what kinds of activities you would be interested in par- ticipating in because I (and the other organizers at the Student Union would thrilled to have participa- tion in any kind of legal,non- satanic events.

PES: By the way,not even the puck- bunnies showed up.

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