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The Atlantic regian is treated by the people of Can- ada and by its own people as an economic, social, and cul- tural unit. We, as students in the Atlantic region, must therefore organize ourselves to better understand, and transform the environment that has been imposed upon us.

The Atlantic Federation of Students Councils is an or— ganization created on the weekend of October the 18th in Charlottetown. It is an or- ganization created precisely to deal with the regional pro- blems that affect students in the Maritimes. The Federa- tion is composed of students councils now —— CUS’s down- fall. The Federation under- stands that we must get large numbers of students involved. We must strive for Union status, to de—emphasize the role of students councils, and to get more individuals con- cerned with the project of the Federation. The Federation must serve the self-determin- ed needs of the students. It must deal with the quality and purpose of their educa- tion, and the control they have over it, as well as such problems as housing and un- employment.

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We must organize in a united maner to fight the problems which affect all of us. Housing and unemploy- ment are only two problems which affect students direct- ly. To solve these problems we must understand them in

the context of the Atlantic .

economy as a whole. We must develop a consciousness and an understanding of the his- tory, economy and culture of the Atlantic region. We must examine the amount and type of occupations we can enter in the Atlantic region after graduating from a Maritime university. We must study and challenge the causes of the structural underdevelop- ment which do not c re a t e enough jobs: for university- trained individuals.

An Atlantic Federation of Students can begin to do the research to study the prob- lems of the economic region and the effects such a depres- sed area has on the student population. Such research is not being done now on the campuses, and can only be done in a coordinated way through such a Federation. there can be a division of la- bour throughout the Mari- time campus to research oth- er topics directly related to

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students e.g. one campus re- searching course unions, ano- ther S e n a t e restructuring, another residence rules, etc. The only way this research can be carried out so there is no overlap and so the ma- terial, once published, can ef- ficiently get out to the Stud- ents is through a regional or-

ganization such as the Atlam

tic Federation of Students.

Action must be carried out on the various topics re- searched. Strategies and tac- tics cannot be adequately worked out by inexperienced people. People who have ex- perience organizing students —— who understand such var- ied techniques as from the use of the school newspaper and leafleting, to the use of strike action, can and are being employed] as full-time staff to explain to campus groups how to go about or- ganizing about particular is- sues and raising the level of consciousness of the stud- ents so they will havean in- terest in controlling the de- cisions which affect their lives. Fieldworkers- can give impetus and inject new ideas to schemes which otherwise might never get off the ground.

Maritime provincial govern— ments and university admin- istrations treat the Atlantic area as a single region, in spite of provincial govern- ment financing of education, e.g. UNB was set up as the only university in the Mari- times to have a Faculty of Forestry; Dalhousie the only university with a Faculty of Medicine. The other universi- ties in the Atlantic region have not attempted to dupli- cate such facilities. If we are ever going to oppose the arbitary decisions made by such bodies which affect the lives of the Maritime univer- sity students, we must coop- erate in a much more inte- grated way than We are now,

, I with our present system iso- lated students councils.

Coordination can be arrang- ed through the Federation on such things as speakers’ tours, teach~ins, workshops, and seminars. ‘

We can put coordinated pressure on. universities for courses 0 nthe Atlantic eco- nomy and culture. Such cour- ses do nto exist now, but if the universities. were there to serve the students, t‘h ey would exist. We have to de-' mand that they exist. The Atlantic universities should press for the establishment of a Maritime studies insti- tute to study the problems of the structural underdevelop—

DECEMBER 12, 1969

ment of our economy, to study the problems and out- line possible actions for our

oppressed groups—the blacks, Indians, and women.

An Atlantic Federation of Students of and by itself cannot carry out these pro- grams. It is, only a structure. The Atlantic Federation of Students is not a substitute for study and action on the campus — it is only an aid to coordinating the research and a help in instigating the action». You, the students of the individual campuses must carry these responsibilities

out. Cathy Walker, Fieldworker, Atlantic Federation of Students

Exams mean nostalgia for some

Approximately 800 Univer— sity of Prince Edward Island students will be writing the one - semester examinations scheduleldI for December 16- 19, it was learned recently from the University’s regis— trar, Michael J. Hennessey.

The examinations are sche- duled to be written in differ- ent locations on both cam- puses and timetables have been posted on all notice boards for the past few weeks. 1

“One of our min- or prob-

lems,” Mr. Hennessey said, “has been to decide whether

or not to use the thOusands ,

of old PWC andl SDU exam- ination booklets we have on hand. There appears little sense in throwing money away simply because these booklets have the name s Prince of Wales or St. Dun- stan’s on them. It has been

suggested that these book- lets be used at UPEI until

.the supply is exhausted, and

this is what we shall do.”

“This will no doube leave us open for a few snide re~ marks,” he continued, “but the amount of paper on hand

‘ runs into thousands of dol-,

lars. And, as our computer succinctly put it, “We can af- ford the odd snide remark; we can’t afford more paper!”

The Registrar emphasized that classes were not being cancelled during the examin- ation period. The final date for classes is Friday, Decem- ber 19.

NOTE: ' To correct an un-‘ fortunate impression left from last issue: Christmas exams written are not com- pulsory in full courses, al- though all students will be evaluated by their individual professors.

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