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NOTICES

Student Union Notices

The Student Union will be holding its first annual general meeting on Wednesday, No- vember 3 at noon in the Pit Stop. All students are urged to attend as we need 10% of the total membership to obtain quorum.

Second, the Hiring Board Review committee will be meeting on the evening of Wednesday, October 27 from 5:00-7:00 in the Student Union offices. This meeting will be open to anyone ‘and everyone, and people who would like their concerns heard are urged to attend.

U.P.E.I. Theatre Society’s

London Theatre Tour

We have room for 15 more on this trip to London during the 1994 spring break. Our hotel is in the heart of London, within walking dis- tance of Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery, West End Theatre, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, and much more. We’ll meet before the trip to plan possible tours and activities, but once we’re there, your time is your own.

The package price is $998 for hotel, airfare and taxes. We need a deposit of $300 by Octo- ber 27 to ensure that we have the necessary number and that the airline and hotel have room for us all. The rest of the fare must be paid by December 15.

For more information or to pick up registra- tion forms and pay deposits, please see the trip organizer, Dr. Shannon Murray, Department of English, Main 133, or phone 566-0428.

A message from the UPEI Women’s Centre The newly established campus Women’s Cen- tre is now operational on a volunteer basis. We hold general meetings every Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm.

ALL ARE WELCOME

Bring your ideas, your experience and your expertise.

Currently being discussed:

December 6th Montreal Massacre memorial Located behind Alumni Gym, across from UPEI tink,

Phone 628-4332

let this be your group’s first big event of the year!

YOUTH ASSOCIATION 1993

Theme: Faith and God

God’s awesome, and faith is where it’s at. ‘SPECIAL GUEST: Brian Wallis The new pas- bor at Tryon United Baptist Church AND, OF COURSE, THE LONG CREEK WORSHIP BAND

raise the Lord with singing.

BE THERE WHERE: O’Leary-Springfield Baptist Churches WHEN: November 13, 1993

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-Schedule-

9-10 Registration and Icebreakers 10-11 Busi- ness meeting 11-12 Singing and session 12-1 Lunch 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 Youth presentations 2-5 Awesome Youth Group challenges

Winter’s Tales III

A series of Readings

The UPEI Department of English and the P.E.I. Writers’ Guild present

CANADIAN WRITERS reading from their work

PEI Council of the Arts 96 Great ioe Street Charlottetown

8:00 p.m.

Admission is free

Ahdri Zhina Mandiela Dub/performance poet from Jamaica and Ontario November 4

Harry Thurston Writer of non-fiction, poetry, and drama from Nova Scotia Novem- ber 19

J.J. Steinfeld Well-known local writer ary 18

Jay Ruzesky B.C. poet

Janu-

March 10

‘Jeanette Armstrong First Nations writer from

B.C. March 24

For further information call the UPEI English Department at 566-0389

These readings are sponsored with the generous support of the Canada Council of the Arts and the kind assistance of the P.E.I. Council of the Arts.

Ahdri Zhina Mandiela is a Dub/performance poet and remarkable new voice in Canadian poetry. She brings energy and a distinctive music to her readings; her background in the stage (writing and directing) contributes to her unique style. A Jamaican-Canadian, Mandiela’s blend of influences and cultures can be found in her books, Speshal Rikwes (1985) and ice cul- ture: sugar & spice & resistance.

Harry Thurston is a freelance journalist, poet, editor and playwright. Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Thurston now lives in Tidnish Bridge, N.S., on a tidal river. His interest in his natural

surroundings led to the writing of his award-

winning Tidal Life: A Natural History of the Bay of Fundy (1991). He is the author of two books of poetry, Barefaced Stone (1980), and Clouds Flying Before the Eye (1985), and nu- merous articles in Equinox, Harrowsmith, Audubon, and National Geographic.

J.J. Steinfeld travelled extensively before set- tling in Charlottetown. Born in Munich and raised in the United States, Steinfeld came to Canada in 1972. He lived in Toronto, Peterbor- ough, and Ottawa before moving to the Island in 1980. He is a short story writer, novelist, and playwright. His publications include The Apos-

| tate’s Tattoo (1983), Forms of Captivity and

Escape (1988), and The Miraculous ‘Hand and Other Stories (1991). Jeanette Armstrong is a First Nations’ writer of

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children’s books, fiction, and poetry. She is the Director of the En’owkin International School of Writing and has produced two videoscripts and several poetry and music collaborations. As a Council member of the Penticton Indian Band, she is committed to issues concerning First Nations members; she is also a contributor to the debates on education and women’s voices in literature.

Jay Ruzesky is beginning to make a reputation for himself as one of the important new voices in Canadian poetry. He recently appeared, with UPEI’s Leslie-Anne Bourne, on CBC’s Mid- day, in a segment devoted to young Canadian poets. His first book is Am I Glad To See You (1992), and his second, Painting the Yellow House Blue, is forthcoming.

Do you have your halloween costume

planned? Party Central has all you wil need: Costumes, Accessories, Make-up, Wigs, Masks and much, much more.

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