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‘Friday February 6th, the Unviersity Lecture Series,‘ in conjunction with the U.P.E.I. Student Union, will present at 7:30pm in ~the Duffy Amphitheatre, Bob Hunter.\ ' .' '

In case you didn't know, Bob Hunter is the co-ordin— ator and President of the' Greenpeace Foundation, a.5 worldeide ecological move— ment. ‘ 7 /

Hunter maintains that we are witnessing the extinc- tion of the most highly ev-

olved creatures of the seas,-

the whales. As part of Gre— enpeace, he has drawn world-

wide attention to this sens—v

less slaughter; eight of the ten species are either com— pletely or commercialy ex- tinct.

-"The fact that such cre— atures are being massacred at the rate of one every 14 minutes and their bodies turned into shoe polish,‘ cat food,;and cosmetics, may yet prove to be one of' the greatest evolutionary horrors of our age. It is the biological equivalent of a Hiroshima or Buchan— wald." -

_In 1975, using-the tec- hniques of sea—going_non— violent confrontation, Gre- enpeace sponsored the voy— age of the ships, Greenpe- ace V and VI in.an effort to stop the killing of the whales. ‘ ~ ‘."

Dubbed "Project Ahab" and deemed "regrettable but foolish" by/the Japanese, the two protest vessels' sought out the Japanese and Russian whaling fleets in the open Pacific, a voyage

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that lasted 84 days and

'tovered 11,000 miles. Using ,

fast inflatable rafts lau-_' nchedxfrom the Greenpeace,' the proteSters attempted to place themselves directly between the harpooners and the whales, making it dif- ’ ficult or impossible for 'the whalers to make many kills without risking the lives‘of the protectors in the process. As "human shi-

‘elds" Hunter recalls a

close personal brush withr

'death while blocking Soviet

harpooners..."the Russians chose to fire regardless of risk." , V / Open sea confrontation and protest vessels have been the forte of the Gre- enpeace Foundation since 1971 when the Greenpeace I

and II sailed to the site of the U.S. nuclear blasts underneath Amchitka island in the Aleutians. In 1972 and 1973, Greenpeace vess-

’ els entered the test zone

at Mururoa‘Atoll in the South Pacific to confront

‘the French atmospheric H—

bomb tests. During these f

.vOyages, the French navy

rammed Greenpeace III and a year later boarded the Greenpeace IV and severely beat Capt. McTaggart and

,his crew. The first incid-

ent was fought‘and won in the French Supreme Court} and the second is still before it.

The Greenpeace Whale Show is_an intensely moving story featuring‘film clips and slides of the 1975 anti— whaling confrontation with the Soviet fleet. A person— able speaker, Bob Hunter discusses the eco-campaigns

(fort to stem the use of

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of Greenpeace in the world' today He also talks about ’the plight of whales and

'humans and the case for eco—

logical sanity.

Your first reaction might be "It sounds great but at 7:30 On a Friday

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night?" Well, my reply is that if you can't stand up to a little self-induced peer pressure, then you probanly aren't interested in what Bob Hunter says anyway. But if you can stand up for yourself,

"of T_Report0ut|ines Anti-

Plagiarism Recommendations

TORONTO (CUP) —-— The Unive— rsity of Toronto has receiv— ed a report from the "work— ing Group on Means of Respo— nding to the Plagiarism Pro- 'blem" which calls for the setting up of writing labs to teach the techniques of essay writing.

According to further re- commendations from the comm— ittee the U of T is expected to distribute an information sheet to all students at fu— ture registrations which will define plagiarism and outline the sanctions appli—

_cable to guilty parties.

The working group, set up

_by the Curriculum and Stand—

ards Sub—committee in an ef- "es— say service" companies also suggests courses for "new Canadians" which would incl— ude essay writing techniques and the use of class essay

techniques, assigning topics and giving students one hour

to complete them in an exam— type situation.

The report also recommends that essays be used for a mi- nor part of the students ev—

“aluation in a course, and

that essays'be returned per- sonally with an interview for each student. *

The committee reports th— at plagiarism will not be stopped by the recommendat- ions and concedes the ideal‘ solution "would be to reduce class size so that each stu— dent's performance could be closely assessad by the pro-

'fessors.

In analyzing the reasons for plagiarism the group ci- tes competition for high ma— rks in order to enter lucra- tive professions and the use of various means to achieve this end.

VThe report points out the availability of the 'essay service' companies lends cr—

‘edibility to their acceptance

and in this "age of the big ripoff" any short—cut to ac- hieving one's objective "is considered to be an intell- igent route to cuccess." Singling out high schools the groups find the optional English program as one reas- On students do not learn to write essays and turn to es- say services. They also cl— aim discontinuation of stan—

,dardized grade 13 exams con- tributes to "confusion in

admission standards and pra— ctices and inadequate prepa- ration for university educa— tion." '

A.C.T‘.é7_|.e'ad>s to Great-er Selféfullfillm'ent

In my quest to find pur— pose and meaning in my life, I have been able to take;pa— rt in the preparing'of an, event that has already prov- en to be an extremely worth- while undertaking to 40 stu- dents last semester. The event that I make reference to is the ACT (Adult Christ— ian Thinking) Weekend. Be- fore I go any further let me explain what this exper- ience is all about.‘. "

ACT Weekend is one means by which people can come to know the importance.0f Chr-‘ ist, the need of discover— ing his-presence within you. It isva means to hear the" Lord speaking with oneself, an encounter with Christ, a

human grasp of the importanCe

Of Christ, not merely an in— tellectual one.

,1 It isfclear to me that ma— irny of us who_were brought up,

; at Christ means to me!" most of us, we have always

in.a religious environment have either-flippantly acce— ptedLWhat Christianity means

or wilfully rejected its co—, tent for one reason or anot—. her.~ For some of us, relig- \

ion might have.been pushed down our throats and we just never made the attempt to come up for air.‘ hers, religion may have been taught to us in a way that

didn't haVe any relevance to .

Our life. Regardless of the methods andctactics that were used to make Christian— ity real for hs, it iS‘Still a question for each one of us to seriously consider wh- ' For.

been told we are Catholic, Baptist, Anglican tec. Is—~ n't it about time that we

nactually discovered for ou— .

rselves what we are suppos— ed to be?. ~

Or for at;

In our attempt to encou- nter Christ, an environment

of trust, honesty and reas- I

‘urance is important to all- 'ow people to look at thems- elves and outside themselves with honesty and to be open ~with God so that he may sp— eak to you. ACT Weekend at— ,empts to create this enviro- nment where people.have_the opportunity.to perform an exploratory probing surgery on their faith so that we may discover who we are and where we are going in life. This weekend makes a pre- sentation of basic Christia— nity and aspects of living 'in the ordinary world and couples it with a special environment so that people can hear and take in ideas on ChriSt and 100k at the— mselves in that light and thus make the appropriate decision regarding our hu—

-,man/spiritual existence. The ACT team which is presently preparing for the weekend's success, strongly encourages those people who are willing to make Christ

meaningful in their lives to seriously consider mak— ing the weekend. We are all searching and ponder- ing our existence. It is our-hope as a ACT team, th— at we can provide the nec— essary amunition to help~ establish an atmosphere wh—‘ ich is conducive towards helping us all grow in the fullness of Christ. The success of the weekend de— pends upon the support st— dents give it. If you are

_ interested or have any qu— estions concerning the we— ekend please feel free to contact me or inquire with Father Megannety.

Art Laffin