- Students Rally Against Impacts of Via Rail

Cutbacks

The UPEI Student Union Council, at a recent Council - Meeting, denounced the Conser- vative Government’s plans to cut- back services of VIA Rail and initiated a Cutback Campaign. Student Union President Lisa Murphy states, “This, so called ‘deficit reducing’ measure is un- acceptable to students who are high users of the service in PEI an elsewhere.” She says, “It’s tough times for students this year, the Conservatives proposing Bill C- 33 Education Cuts and th VIA Rail Cuts, puts already finan- cially burdened students in a cri- sis situation.” Further, Murphy says, “ As Islanders, we are par- ticularly sensitive to transporta- tion issues. As students, already subject to tremendous costs in obtaining a post secondary ed- ucation, we just don’t have the money to pay for other, more expensive modes of transporta- tion.”

VIA Rail offers a discount of 33 1/3 % reduction in fares of stu- dent users. About 11% of Cana- dian post secondary students use VIA Rail. Students count on af- fordable quality transportation at a National level. Murphy says, “Students, who are not perma- nent Island residents, are hit re- ally hard by the Cutbacks as they attempt to travel to and from their homes in other provinces.” These students make up a large percentage of the UPEI popula- tion. “These students are left feeling isolated with further fi- nancial burdens.”

The UPEI Student Union has initiated a letter writing cam- paign to government officials at both Provincial and Federal lev- els. A VIA Rail Cutbacks Petition circulation is scheduled for January when students re- turn from the Christmas break. Murphy stated, “The Students of the Union will rally for the cause and make. their concerns known.” The Student Union ex- pressed equal displeasure about the government’s lack of con- cern for the thousands of peo- ple who will lose employment be- cause of the VIA Rail Cutback and the governments actions ex- cluding proper public input. Stu- dent Union President says, “We call on Parliament to take imme- diate action against the Cutback and to ensure a sufficient bud- get for VIA Rail to operate a Na- tional quality transportation ser- vice that is accessible to students in PEI and Canada.”

For further information con- tact:Lisa Murphy 566-0530(w)

Or 566-1265(h)

=Thursday, December 7, 1989

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MAN MASTURBATES OUTSIDE STUDY ROOM.

(Source: the Watch)

by Laurie Cook

‘HALIFAX (CUP) - Three women discovered a man mas- turbating outside their basement study room at King’s College’s residence.

Tracie Wagner, Gillian Sey- mour and Leanne Hachey were studying when they heard some- one making noises in the hallway after midnight on November 15.

’ “The noise outside sounded like two people having a conver- sation,” said Hachey. “We asked him to quiet down and he said, ‘’m just waiting for my girl- friend’.”

When the students heard loud moaning Wagman opened the curtains in the window facing the hall and discovered the man on

his knees “whacking off” with a white handkerchief.

The women said he must have

been watching them through the,

curtains.

Wagman said they ran out of the study room and went up- stairs.

Security officials did not call city police about the incident.

Campus security chief Greg Kennedy said it was not up to

75 Years and Going Strong

Henderson and Cudmore, one of the oldest family run cloth- ing stores in Charlottetown re- mains a well established land- mark located on Grafton street in Charlottetown. This store was open in 1914 by 19 year old Roy Cudmore and his partner Seth Henderson to sell mainly shirts and ties during the hard times of the war. The Haberdashery began only one quarter of the size it is now. In the mid 60’s Mr. Cudmore purchansed ad- ditional buildings on that same corner, demolished the wooden building that housed the Hader- dashery and erected the concrete and steel building which exists now. About that same time Hen- derson and Cudmore expanded into jeanswear and shortly there- after into ladieswear.

Fresh from graduating from UPEI in 1976, Chris Cudmore, grandson of Roy Cudmore, re- alized the strong potential for competition in the jeanswear sec- tion of the store, Dave’s Cave. Mr. Cudmore decided to get a jump on its prospective competi- tion and capture a large portion of the market share with a new jeanswear outlet in the Charlot- tetown Mall. :

In 1977, Henderson and Cud- more opened their second jean-

‘swear

outlet, Christopher’s. Since then Christopher’s now called Christo- pher’s Beach Club has opened outlets at the Cavendish Boar-

' walk and North Rover Causeway;

and, also a fourth store in Monc-

. ton called Strike Anywear.

Dave’s Cave and Christo- af

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pher’s Beach Club carry. natu- ral fiber sportswear for the con- temporary shopper. They stock such well—known brands of jeans as Levis, Buffalo, Edwin, Brown, Pepe, Used, and the Brand New Kyoco. Henderson and Cudmore is one of the four retailers in the country chosen to test mar- ket this new Japanese product which has already gained popu- larity across the world. Hender- son and Cudmore is expecting to have a total of five styles of this new jean.

The Haberdashery, the men’s clothing section offers such pres- tigous lines as Ralph Lauren, Gant, Alexander Julian, and Hugo Boss.

Charlotte’s, the ladies cloth- ing section, carries such lines as Alfred Sung, Looks, Anthony Sicari, Jeffery Rogers, and Cliche. These lines are attractive not only to the casual, and working women, but also to the eccentric women who would like to make a definite fashion statement.

In order to keep in touch with the customer, Chris Cud- more, general manager of jean- swear, hired the Business Insti- tute to do market research for the jeanswear stores. The Business Institute conducted a jeanswear focus groups with the help of the following UPEI students:

Lisa Chandler Tom Gass

Bob Driscoll Dawn Corrigan Scott Campbell Jowy Murphy Al Ryan

So

him to call police. “The Deans (of residences) were notified, and it is up to their discretion.” ©

He said security officers will be stepping up security in the building.

“T am taking the matter ex- tremely seriously because the number one objective is to make sure the girls feel safe,” said Kennedy.

Kelly Dunne

Lori Hughes

Brenda Richard

Dolly Bhatia

The focus group proved to be

a very beneficial marketing tool as Mr. Cudmore was able to sharpen his focus on the cloth- ing desires of their stores major target markets — University Stu- dents. °

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