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Six—time Juno Award win- ning Canadian entertainer, Murray McLauchlan, will ap- pear on the Confederation Centre's Main Stage for one performance only, Wednesday, February 9 at 8 p.m.

McLaughlin, singer and songwriter of the acclaimed hit "Farmer's Song", has been winning Juno's ever since 1973 including Compos- er of the Year, and Folk Artist of the Year. A dynam- ic vocalist, some of whose better known songs include "Down by the Henry Moore", "Whispering Rain", "On the Boulevar " and "Child's Song", McLaughlin has rel— eased 12 albums under the True North label. His most recent album, WINDOWS, con- tains two popular cuts, "Jea lousy" and "Happiness".

Most recently, McLaugh— lin has become involved in various film projects. He wrote the theme song "Never Far Apart" for MELANIE, a film starring Burton Cumm- ings. He has also scored two other feature films, PARTNERS (1976) and RIPOFT‘ (1971). In April, 1981, McLaughlin completed writ- ing the theme song for the feature lenghth drama, Al- ligator Shoes. Featuring several of his older songs "On the Boulevard" and "Down by the Henry Moore" as well as the theme song "Alligator Shoes", this film was one of two off— icial Canadian entries at

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last year's Cannes Film Festival.

The Canadian Rehabil— itation Council for the Disabled chose McLaughlin's hit single "If the Wind Could B10»! My Troubles Away" as its theme song for the 1981 International Year of the Disabled Per- sons. A simple ballad from the STORM WARNING LP this cut is backed with both a 6l-voice Method- ist Choir and a Toronto's children choir.

Currently on tour in the Maritimes in Freder—

icton, Halifax, Wolfville, and St. John's, tickets for the Charlottetown performanc are available at the Centre Ticketworks. Prices for res— erved seating are $7., $8., and $9.

TO the Editor:

There is something seriously wrong with the student loan system that requires students to re- pay their loans at rates that are higher then gen- erally available consumer loan rates.

Under the present sys- tem, graduating students are forced to consolidate and begin paying their loans six months after leaving their full—time program, whether they are employed or not. Many graduating stu- dents who started making loans three or four years ago when rates where ar- ound 10% will be locked into repaying those loans at 15 7/8, the rate set for 1982/83, and a rate which does not reflect the recent drop in interest rates. That is not right.

It is my belief, and that of the New Democratic Party. that the Federal Government should require the banks to allow renegotiation of stud- ent loans to reflect the low er rates which now prevail. In the future loan rates should be established on the basis of a weighted average of the loan rate in effect every year that the student makes a loan. The interest- free period 'of grace should extend to until the student has found a job.

Young Canadians have been encouraged to take up post— secondary education by the availability of supposedly

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