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Hopefully by now the postcard campaign to the three political parties has been a success. The candidates have had an opportu- nity to look over the UPEI Stu- dent Union proposal to increase

and show us their concern for students. :

greatly needed increases: The miscellaneous allowance

The proposal states the three

from $22/week to $28/week. The Room and Board allow- ance from $73/week to $80/week. The following increases in the

"travel allowance:

within 3 km — from $35/year to $100/year

3-5 km — from $5/week to $7.50/week

5-10 km — from $6/week to $9/week

over 10 km — from .08¢ per km for 5 trips/week to 12¢ per km for 5 trips/week.

“the remainder — in

Also the proposal states that the bursary floor not be raised. In other words, it is highly recom- mended that the present arrange- ment, where a student receives $2400 loan and then be awarded provincial government bursary, be retained. Bursaries should be increased and the provincial government should absorb this increase.

During elections, the parties always mention their concern for students. Let us see some concern

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- Campaign for financial assistance increased

through acceptance of our propo-| sal to increase the assistance we receive while we’re trying to get an education. Take some time in the next week and phone the candidates in your riding or phone the leaders of the three parties.

It is exam time and everybody is busy. However, if you want your loan increased, contact the candi- dates. Make the campaign a success.

Phone! Campaign Office Mr. Jim Lee 566-4010 Mrs. Leone Bagnall 964-3466 Mr. Joe Ghiz 894-7118 Mr. Jim Mayne 894-8298

Be sure and ask!

“Do you support the UPEI Student Union proposal to in- crease the loans and bursaries to Teflect the real costs experiencedby students?”’

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* From Marita McNulty Information Officer The Athletic Council of the

Island has received a report on women’s athletics at the institu- tion, says Council chairman lan MacDonald.

The report was written by a task

faculty, and alumni members. The task force, under the leadership of

surveyed members of the univer- sity community, other universities of similar size, and the comminity

atlarge.

“We are grateful for the work

that the committee-put into this report, and we hope that it will serve as a stimulus to enhancing women’s involvement in athletic and recreational activities on campus,”’ says MacDonald. He said the Athletic Council has been meeting with members of the task Seice, and has made some recom- ‘mendations as a result of the teport. “We have reviewed the re- cor tions related io the ETN

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force of umiversity students, ~

fourth year student Doris MacPhee

“Linkletter and Jim Lai are

~ missing from the photo ‘(no doubt trapped under a pile of layout sheets) .

Women’s athletic report received

women’s intramural and recrea- tion program, and will be examin- ing the area of varsity sports and the report’s general recommenda- tions in the weeks to come,”’ said MacDonald.

Among the recommendations that were made is one that re- quests a thorough review of the women’s field hockey and volley-

_ ball programs in order to increase

their competitiveness. The task force had special praise for the success of the women’s basketball program and recommended that steps be taken to maintain it: pre- sent high status.

Concerning the intramural pro- gram the Athletic Council has already agreed to one of the re- commendations of the task force. This fall, a committee of students will be established to revitalize and organize the women’s intra- mural program.

“We are pleased at the success of our -many varsity programs,”’ says MacDonald. We also re- cognize the need for a high quality intramural and recreational pro- gram for the general student population,”

Eliot touring eastern U.S.

From Marita McNulty Information Officer UPEI President Dr. C.W.J. Eliot leaves on a lecture tour of eastern United States next week as guest of the Archaeological In- stitute of America. The prestigious Institute regularly invites classical

~ scholars to speak to its many

chapters America. Dr. Eliot will deliver two illu-

throughout —_ North

strated lectures on Greece, en- titled “Lord Elgin and_ his Marbles”, and ‘‘Athens in the Time of Lord Byron’’. The Lord Elgin lecture will deal not only with the famous marbles now found in the British Museum, but especially with the ~ historical factors which surrounded the pro- curring of the famous stones when Elgin was British Ambassador to Greece. The Lord Byron lecture will recall Athens in the early days

of the nineteenth century.

On April 7 and 8 of the lecture circuit Dr. Eliot will speak to chapters of the Institute in New York City, and in northern New Jersery, (LORD ELGIN). On April 9 he will present his talk at the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton University, Princeton New Jersey, (ATHENS), and on April 10, at the Joh. Hoping University, Baltimore, Maryland, (LORD ELGIN)