October 3, 1985 I
Book . Stolen
Dear Editor:
Not too long ago this land was ruled by the law — an eye for an eye, thumb for a thumb, a HAND for a HAND for stealing.
But nowadays a more timid law for stealing is imprison- ment, fines, or public dis- grace.
One evening last’ week after a night class, I went up to my study carrel in the Robertson Library to pick up some L. books.
I decided to leave one of my course texts at my study carrel overnight, thinking everybody must have gotten
‘ their texts (threeweeks into courses). Evidently I was wrong. The next morning I went to my cartel and the text was gone.
The person(s) who took the book must think that money grows on trees, or they don’t know perhaps that a person might be in a bind for money.
‘ Everyone knows that course
texts bought front the book- store cost an arm and a leg.
Yours Sincerely, A concerned student
Vandalism
Dear Editor 7
I happened to be looking out of the window in the Main Building, when I wit- nessed an act of vandalism, on the Cass Building of “OUR” University. The act was the knocking to the ground of two flower boxes which were sitting on the rail- ing of the entrance.
Someone must have went to a little trouble to try and make the property value of the Cass Building go up.
It takes a stronger person to pick up SOmething which has been knocked down, than to stoop low and knock it down.
Just Looking!
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Dear Editor:
As a professed student marker. I am deeply hurt by the recent editorial in the last issue of the newspaper.
As to the l0"’b deduction of marks for no staples, I think that is quite fair. Without
staples. the papers would be ‘
scattered when I mark them. The result is that papers with no staples are utterly mixed up and I am forced to either give 0% or waste hours sifting through the sheets. Staples/{e cheap. lfI had
my way. 50'}: of the marks _
would be deducted. So stu- dents will learn a lesson early in life.
S.U. Treasurer
Dear Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to congratu- late the new student coun- cillors on their acclama- tions. Miles Turnbull for Senate, Parker Grimmer for Board of Governors, Mark Griffith for Science Rep, and Kevin O’Brien for Ombudsman.
I would also like to ex- tend congratulations to David Doiron and Steve Zakem who have served as
' Student Senator and Board of Governors Re- presentatives in the last year. Their presence at council and in the other two bodies will be missed. I want to especially thank Steve for his contribution to the Board over the last year and his assisting me in becoming familiar with the Board over the last five months.
I also want to express my concern over the lack
~ of people putting their name forth for Student Council positions, espe— cially Senate and Board of
- Governors. This Univer-
sity is facing some very tough financial and aca- demic problems. During the past year $380,000. was hacked away from the UPEI budget of $13 Mil- lion — all of this was from the 20% of the budget that is non-salaried (the 80% of the budget that consists of salaries of pro- fessors and support staff was not touched). The end result has been higher tuition and residence fees for a lower quality of education (larger classes, fewer library books, etc.)
These items affect stu- dents’ future education. The student representa- tives on the Board and Senate are there to remind these bodies that the Uni- versity Amust serve the needs of students, not only the, administration an faculty. This is our University, and we must convey our concerns to the administration and faculty.
John Orr
S.U. Treasurer Board of Governors Representative
S.U. Hiring Practices
Dear Editor: ,
I did not want to bring'up the problems of our hiring board within our Student Union. BUT!!!!
The board recently decided that since it was one hour behind schedule it should delay the interviews for CIMN staff two weeks. This reminds me of last year when several jobs went unfilled for 'the whole second semester. simply because by the time they were ready to do the in— terviews the year was over.
These positions exist for a.
reason. without these posi- tions filled. either they suffer notieahly or the staff must as- sume the responsibility. which
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is unfair. I do kn0w the work involved since I‘ve held these
_positions before.
The hiring board is so tied up with red-tape that it is destroying the very groups it is attempting to help. l do not blame the members of the hoard itself. but rather the chairman and the mandate since these are the only co'ns- tant variables over the past fen years in which this problem has occurred. Get _\otlr act together...
Signed. Bob Stanley
PS. The screening process is urong. 100.
Students markers are very much underpaid. so only sadists like myself will mark papers. My sole enjoyment in life at UPEI is the subtraction of marks. What right does anyone have to infringe on my petty pleasures?
Paper Staple
A marker
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