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Students Escape

HALIFAX (CUP) — Although it isn’t much of one, students will get at least one break this fall — they will escape the newly imposed 10 per cent tariff on books printed in the U.S, if the books are de- signated as required reading by a professor.

Finance minister Michael Wilson imposed the new tax on American books, periodicals, computer components and other items in- retaliation to the 35 per cent U.S. duty on Canadian shakes and shingles.

The new tax is expected to raise millions of dollars for the federal government from the $360 million worth of American books that Canadians buy each year.

Most university bookstores order about 50 per cent of their books from the U.S., and most of these are not available in Canada.

Dalhousie University bookstore director Robert Baggs said the new taxis ‘‘a dumb move.”*

“It’s not going to affect the American book publishing indus- try at all. And more importantly, we can’t afford to produce the

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The 1986 UPEI Terry Fox Run was once again a great success. One of the main reasons for this was the entertaining and inventive participation by all, At exactly 2:00 pm the ribbon was officially cut by President Eliot and the fifty-five participants were off.

The finisher in the bike cate- gory was Rob Brown in 22 minutes and 30 seconds. For the runners

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Research conducted by a _ psychology professor at the University of Toronto’s Scar- borough College points to a direct relationship between the size and number of synapses and intellectual development. Synapses are the meeting points where information is transferred from one brain cell

_ toanother. Ted Petit’s work suggests _ that intellectual ability in- “creases as the number of syn-

books they send here, so we would buy them anyway,” he said.

The new tariff is going to cost the university some money, howe- ever. Revenue Canada is demand- ing the signature of each and every professor approving each and every book ordered from the U.S.

The additional paperwork will mean higher administrative costs.

“It’s more work for the pro- fessor, and it’s more work for us. Someone is going to be picking up the tab,”’ said Don Mosher, book- store manager at Acadia Univer- sity, Wolfville.

The tax does not apply to books for educational institutions or libraries, and religious books will continue to be duty-free.

The ten per cent tax will be applied to dictionaries published in the U.S., but not to other reference books.

Many bookstores are partici- pating in‘ the mail campaign. co- ordinated by the Canadian Book- sellers Association. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has already re- ceived. more than 120,000 post- cards asking him to drop the tax.

Terry

the number one guy, representing the Men’s Basketball team, was John Batt in 38 minutes and 59 seconds. Close at his heels were Donald Moffatt and Glen Collard. The first female runner to finish, third overall, was: Patti Murphy.

Congratulations to the UPEI Hockey Team who once again showed their winning spirit by participating. Special apologies

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apses, and the size of the synaptic junction, increases. His research also indicates that the number and size of synap- ses can be increased with use during a person’s lifetime.

In his experiments, which in- volve the use of chemicals to stimulate adult brain activity, Petit. observed significant changes in the size, shape and number of synapses — changes which parallel those seen dur- ing brain development. Petit pets that larger synaptic

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from Check Point one to the two bikers from the team who went the extra mile and faced the Killer. Airport Hill only to have to turn around and get back on track. Special thanks to all the Vet stu- dents who showed great interest and enthusiasm, not to mention one of their professors, Ameek Singh who also went the distance.

Many thanks to John, Sue,

contacts allow information to be transmitted from cell to cell with greater ease. It is this im- provement in information’ transfer that leads to a pro- bable increase in intellectual capability.

In related studies, Petit has been looking for linkages bet- ween synapses and children who have Down’s Syndrome or who have beer exposed to lead. He has discovered that during development the synapses of

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Candice, and Robert who dili- gently sat in an sat in and pushed shopping carts courtesy of K-Mart. An interesting twist’ to this year’s run was the individual who travelled the course via his thumb and hitchhiked around the route. On the more inventive side John Hennessy trecked the 9 kilo- meters backwards.

A big round of applause and a

children with Down's Syn- drome do not increase in size at the same rate as those of healthy persons. Exposure to lead, he found, reduces both the number of synapses in the brain and the brain’s capacity to form new synapses.

* Petit is currently exploring the significance of calcium in synapse development: in Down's Syndrome and lead- exposed children. His focus on calcium is based on work con-

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A Success

very special mention to the gang from Marion Hall who went above and beyond the call of duty by towing and pushing the official UPEI Terry Fox automobile around the course.

Thanks to everyone who parti- cipated and helped out. Hope to see you all next year! Note that money can either be dropped off at the S.U. Barn or at local banks.

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ducted by other . researchers which suggests that the use of calcium is disrupted in children whose mental ability has been impaired.

High levels of calcium have already proven beneficial to lead-exposed children. For those with Down’s Syndrome, the problem is more complex because the neurons of the

“brain may be incapable of

utilizing externally-supplied calcium.