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to be discriminatory but rather, practical:

1) The number of first year accounts is large and concessions made here would result in the significant performance gains re- quired; and

2) Rarely are students en- rolled in first year courses in- volved in project-type activities and thus dependencies would not have developed for these tools. On the otherhand, to ascertain the effect on students in later years would have required signifi- cant investigation.

With a view to the more complez issue of defining policy for the longer term, the Com- puter Advisory Committee be- lieves there is a need to streamline computer resources and usage to more closely reflect our needs.

Recently, the President of the Student Union appealed to the Computer Advisory Committee for student involvement in the computer planning and policy def- inition processes. The CAC ap- preciates Ms. Murphy’s gen- uine expression of concern and

has subsequently forwarded a rec- ommendation to the University President that student represen- tation be established on the CAC.

In the past, when only a hand- ful of students, faculty and staff used computers, a practice of rel- atively unrestricted use made the most sense. With the recent dra- matic rise in usage, this approach needs to be reassessed. The high cost of computing resources places heavy demands on student tuition fees and taz dollars. The Univer- sity must define carefully the level of service it requires and identify

the associated costs. A service’

not bound closely to requirements will probably cost far more than we can afford.

I am confident that the ma- jority of us recognize the equi- table access we enjoy to first- rate computing services here at UPEI. Through the dedicated ef- forts and integrity of individuals such as the Director of the Com- puter Centre, the President of the Student Union and my associates on the Computer Advisory Com- mittee, this will continue.

Prof. Stephen L. Howard

Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science .

The Gem

Letter to the Editor

When freshman students re- turned from their Spring Break, they discovered that certain priv- ileges have been taken away from them: Bulletin, Latex, Mail and Swing. Why?

Computer Centre is saying

' because of those privileges, there

is a great demand on the CPU (Central Processing Unit); there- fore, the solution to this problem was to take those privileges away from freshman students. This was hardly a wise decision. Bul- letin, Latex and swing are said to be useless privileges by the upper- classmen, therefore it is an idea to take those privileges away from ALL instead of just the first year. In that way, the System will be able to work faster. But why just the first year?

Students who enter this uni- versity have paid equally to use all privileges, this includes the first year students. Yet, it is not so. Can this be consider as being taken advantage of?

Above that, freshman stu- dents were not notified what was going to happen until it was al- ready taken away from them. Un-

UPEI Graduates on the March

ewcited me from my first course in it. It dealt with issues that I thought about. It gave me an- swers to questions I asked.”

Good luck, Leo.

Rachel Gallant, who is grad- uating this spring with a major in French, is heading for France. She will take a one-year pro- gramme at the Centre de Linguis- tique Appliquee, in Besancon.

Her programme-designed for

foreign students who intend to _ teach French-is accepted by PEI

Leo Hussey, who will gradu- ate this spring from UPEI, had been accepted in three gradu- ate schools: Manitoba, McMas- ter, and Waterloo. The first has offered him $7,500, the second $10,000, and the third $14,000. He will accpet the second: “Mc- Master was my first choice, from the beginning.”

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hussey, of Charlottetown, are very pleased.

His stay at McMaster will be his first prolonged stay off the Is- land.

What attracted him to philos- ophy? “It was the subject that

as the equivalent of our B.Ed.

She has applied for a scholar- ship. 4 Bonne chance, Rachel!

‘Win, Lose or Draw

Tourney

The Residence Life Commit- tee held the second annual win, lose, or draw tournament. The first teams to be eliminated were Louise MacKinnon, Andy Forst, Tanya Woodside; Lynn Phillips, Paul Madryga. Sorry guys, but it was a valiant effort, thanks for joining in the fun.

The next teams took some- what longer to knock out of the running: Sean MacIntosh, Brian Goguen, Debbie Hagen, Marla Anderson, Illyana Ver- meesch, Craig Dodge; Sman- tha Ellsworth, Sandi Winch- ester, Tiffany Sark; Nancy Cahill, Brenda Penderson, Sheila McCue and the great fail of Ron Downey, Dave Higgins and Andrew Van Wart.

The finals were very tense thanks to Bernardine’s great . artistic abilities. Third place was awarded to two tea,s, Alana Dug- gan, Scott Gallant, Cindy Par- sons and Jackie Gavin, Pealine Gallant, Angela Pendergast, and Jackie Gavin took the place of Mel and Keren during the finals.

These champs will have the big playoffs against the winners in Blanchard. Good luck girls! Congratulations to everyone who took part, every team made it all the more fun!

fortunately for those who were using certain privileges to do their projects, they were left in despair and helpless. This is in- considerate of the computer cen- tre to say the very least.

Can one but blame the first year students for being upset? Why does it have to be the fresh- man students?

A response from a first year student.

Rat Droppings in Cafeteria Food?

Dear Editor,

I heard a rumor. Last month I heard a rumor from some of the university staff. The rumor was that one of the cafeteria work- ers at the UPEI cafeteria found a large quantity of rat droppings in the dry food and dry food supplies of the cafeteria. The rumor goes on to say that the worker told his boss and his boss said something along the lines that the droppings are to be picked out of the food and the supplies and they are to continue to be used.

Upon hearing this I phoned health and welfare canada and told them what I heard and that I pay a lot of money to attend this university and I would like this

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here, and most people here don’t like me. So it’s best to move on.

Q: Do you want to say any- thing to anyone in particular?

A: Yes. To the Friday after- noon poker gang, to the African brothers, Jeff, Richard, Fred—a— Cal, the Ragga Muffins, Frank Sweeny and the rest of the True Blue: Thanks for being real.

Q: Do you have any departing words?

A: Yes, to the Student Body

Physical Theatre School Set

to Open

Randy Birch, Artistic Direc- tor of the Arete Physical Com- edy Troupe, Canada’s interna- tionally acclaimed touring com- pany, announced in Calgary to- day the opening of the Arete Physical Theatre Training Cen- tre, for September of 1990.

“The mandate of the centre is to provide the self-motivated per- former with the skills necessary to define and develop a personal and professional style of physi- cal theatre.” says school direc- tor Larry Lefebvre. “This is a full-time, post secondary school

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checked out to see if it is true. I also inquired about how often are these places inspected. I was told they “try” to inspect them yearly.

A few days later I heard an- other rumor from the same staff members that the inspector was out to the university and found the same situation that they de- scribed to me. I was told that the inspector told the kitchen worker to through out the food but the worker refused saying that it is no good to tell him since he already informed his boss of the food and was told not to through it out and if the inspector wanted something done then he would have to talk to the person in charge of the cafete- ria. I heard that there was noth- ing more said or done.

The student at this university deserve an answer to these ru- mors. If they are true we want the situation to be dealt with and never to happen again. If they are not we want to be informed and assured that the cafeteria is in- spected regularly and that it meets all the health code regulations. If we can not get this done we will have to continue to call health and welfare ourselves to get some answers. After all, is the little amount of money saved worth the health of the students.

- A Concerned Student

of Charlottetown I’d like to say that ignorance is cancer of the mind, only it can be contagious. Do not fear or reject that which looks different, try and under- stand it. Do not always believe that which you hear. Find out for yourselves so you will believe that which you know. When you dis- like someone, make sure it is not because of what you have heard or because of the colour of their skin. If you dislike someone be- fore you have met him or her,

then you are ignorant. Ignorance kills.

course which explores and inte- grates studies in mask, improvi- sation, Commedia dell Arte, the- atrical clown, mime, stage com- bat, juggling, acrobatics, and the- atre history. It is a response to the increased worldwide popular- ity of physical theatre at festivals, community concert series, and cultural events associated with World Expositions, the Olympics and Commonwealth Games.” Editor’s note

I thought this short article might be of interest to those of you involved in drama here at UPEI. I have a brochure in my of- fice outlining the courses offered and the fees. Anyone interested may call me at home at 566- 2218. Terri Lyn Hall.

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