Letters....

Open letter to:

Dr. Reginald Thomson Dean of Atlantic Verterinary College

I would like to express my feeling about the display of primitive veterinary implements that force themselves on my eyes every time I enter the only open door in the Vet College. It is no longer a matter of choice to simply avoid it because one of my history classes is now held in that building.

In my opinion the display is not only tasteless, it is discusting and disturbing. these tools look like remnants from the torture chambers of the Spanish Inquisition and I can’t help imagining the crude and barbaric conditions in which they were used, and the pain they very likely have inflicted on sick and helpless animals.

It is my understanding that the administrators of the Vet College have concerns, bordering on paranoia, about the possible actions of Animal Rights Activists — that is why only one door is open and we are scrutinized by a bored looking security guard upon entering the building. If this is indeed the case I would question the wisdom of making a spectacle of the very things that are most likely to solicit the compassion of those concerned with animal welfare under the controlling hands of scientists. Though I never before had any concerns about what happens to animals in the bowels of this, or any other, vet college, that exhibit of crudely formed iron and steel utensils con- jures up images of coldness and cruelty that I find very disquieting.

I would like to see the display removed. I would en- courage anyone else who feels the same way to cut out or copy this letter,sign it and drop it off at Dean Thomson's office located just inside the AVC entrance where the tools in question are exhibited.

Yours very truly, Jill Manderson.

LOOKING GEM

Dear Editor,

Where can I find a copy of The Gem? I see every- one else in my class read- ing through this newspa- per, but I am too shy to ask where they got it from. Can I get a copy of it in every building on campus? How much does it cost and when does it come out?

FOR A The Barn, Cass, Dalton, Memorial, and the Cafete- ria. We print 1300 copies each Thursday which usu- ally is enough to last until the following Wednesday in

most locations.

Gotta beef?

Here is another ques- tion for you. How many copies are printed for each issue? Enquiring minds want to know. I liked the issues that I have seen so far (I read my neighbours copy). Keep up the good work, and I hope to read me soon.

Signed, Eager Reader

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DIRTY FISHBOWL

Dear Editor, ;

I was sitting in the “Fish Bowl” today and noticed,as usual,that the place was filthy. Now I know that there are jani- tors working here, but they have other responsibilities than to pick up after irre- sponsible, inconsiderate Artsie types (science stu- dents pick up after them- selves) that would still have to be babied by their moth- ers.

So come on students, make your lounge a nicer place to be, keep it clean.

A concerned student

SEXISM IN THE GEM?

Dear Editor,

While reading the most recent issue of The Gem, I noticed an advertisement for Mary Brown’s Fried Chicken, employing that company’s slogan “The Best Legs in Town.” This is a sexist advertising campaign be- cause it objectifies a par- ticular part of the female anatomy. Do you think the campaign would still be the same if the company were called Bob Brown’s Fried Chicken?

It is the responsibility of the editorial board of The Gem, as a member pa- per of Canadian University Press, to ensure that sex- ist advertising is not pub- lished in this student news- paper. Your readership

expects you to take this

responsibility seriously. I trust that this error of judgement will not be re- peated.

Lori Anne Heckbert

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Gem follows CUP guide- lines. However, the decid- ing factor in the content of The Gem is the tastes of the UPEI Community as a

_ whole. The ad you mention

has appeared in three issues of the paper without com- plaint. Nor has CUP, who monitors The Gem, made any comment. I will run the ad in this issue to‘allow members of the community as a whole opportunity to write in responses to the ad. I will also consult the appropriate coordinator at CUP for their opinion. If these bodies object to the ad it will be pulled. a

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This: Week’s Enthusiastic Contributors: «/

Eddie London, Rhonda MacLellan, Dean MacMillan, Laurie Reeves, Peter Hunt and Bill Whelan

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