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’ Andthe slithy toves, Friday, January 16, 1981, page 3
Variety ismthe ‘Spiceof life
by Frances Smits
Yep, just for variety the UPEI bookstore was broken into instead of the Barn. Missing are $3000. worth of ' grad .
'fiebookstore was‘broken into surefire—rafter 2 a.m. on Friday, January 9, 1981. The break and enter was : discovered when the security officer mach his 5:30 a.m. roxmd.
* vandals tried to jimmy the doors, but were unsuc- cessful. They gained entry by breaking a window in the Business office, according to Russell Stewart, manager of the bookstore.
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Stewart added that the ‘ front entrance doors were also smashed, with damages running up to $750. The vandals also tried unsuc—
’ cessfully to break into
the safe.
One member of Security
said Friday that university
Students are not suspected as being responsible for.
' the break-in.
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Other thefts at UPEI over the holidays included $150 being snaffled from the Christmas tree at the Re- gistrar's office on Decem- ber 21. Only $70 was reco-
Council Report
by Maureen Hartman , "There \is often not enough work for three full-time game; ployees in the Student Union. We must investigate how. the most work can be done most efficiently,"\were the words of Joanne Peters at Sunday's SU council meeting. ‘
Peters is one of seven members of the newly fonted lbstructuring Committee. The committee has been ap—\ pointed by the SU to in- vestigate possible improve- ments in the s of ,, the student union.
Within the next few weeks - members will be visiting ' other universities and colleges to garner ideas.
The committee also plans to meet with UPEI administrators to discuss their position.
According to the students involved, it seems the Con- sensus that full—tine em- ployees of the SU are needed to retain the sense of con- tinuity as one executive changes to another. They will also investigate the maximum number of courses that the executive should be- allowed to study while in office. I
The restructuring committee is asking for feedback from faculty, administration and students. They will be hold- ing an open meeting for re- commendations at 7:30pn SUN. JAN. 18‘ in the Barn.
A rather lengthy debate . on the topic of student r
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light at Sunday's meeting. Criticism ran high on fine appeals, damage, and res- ponsibility of student discipline. The system came under attack when it was mentioned that the Senate Appeals Committee
has nothandledacasefor'~
mo years.
It was also pointed out
that the future of residences
at UPEI looks pretty grim. Waiting lists exist, yet part of third and all of feurthfloor Bernadine re- main closed.“If attendance in" residence drops, a MPHEC grant will be re- scinded and the residences
could conceivably be closed.
As Philip Brown asked: "Do you want this university to 111m into a day school?"
In other council briefs,
chances areng for a movie clubtogetontheballand
Show a movie possibly on .Sun. Jan. 25.
In his executive report,
Philip Brown said that
"everything is looking good".
,The SU is also reviewing the Campus Police and the bartending policies.
The blood donorvclinic will
beheldintheBarnJan. 22
fran3untilSpm.Tl'egames
room will be open at that titre and the' games will be available for free use.
The Winter Carnival is on again for this year ' from Feb. 2-7. The theme is "Flake-Out 81".
vered and a suspect was scheduled to appear in ju- venile court Monday, accor-
, ding to a Security officer.
The same youngster is reported to have stolen $198. from the Panther
dressing room in the rink January 4, at approximately 8 p.m. while the players were at practise. The theft was discovered by the Pan— there and, all of the more was recovered.
Students Don’t Give (1’ Damn
by Maureen Hartman . "Students are not taking advantage of what they're paying for" , according to James Griffith, Director of Student Services at UPEI. “Student unions are trying to be as representative of the students as they can but, like administrators, they end up dictating to the students because the majority of students really don't give a damn any more". Griffith was speaking to the third student Union presidents conference held at UPEI this past weekend. Present were representatives from Nova Scotia Agricul— tural College (NSAC) , lVblmt Allison, Holland College, Acadia, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) , Dalhousie, and UPEI. Griffith also maintained that Student Services and student unions should com,- pliment each other because they share the same concern, " . . .STUDENTS. Cooperation behneen the two here in the past few years hasn't been bad, it just hasn't been. Student Services is making more decisions for the kids because the kids don't want to make those decisions by themselves." , Fielding UPEISU president Philip Brown's question of whether we were returning
\ to the Sixties where admi—
nistrators were dictating services, Griffith replied thathedidnotsee thatas the case. Instead, he saw
students as standing still. '
"In the last three to five years, student unions ‘have become big businesses. 7 m sate campuses. the stu-
dent unions handle more morey than the administra- tions. Student activity sharply declined when our student union became more business-oriented" , said Griffith. He also stated that the UPEISU for the past few years has been caught up in planning be— cause, ‘no provision is ' made .for implementing de- cisions.
The weekend conference was useful in the exchange of ideas it provided the attending presidents. Among other things discussed were:
-provisions for long-term ‘ objectives
—student placement
-the SU and athletics
-vending machines ("you can get anything you want from meatballs to panty msen)
-student health plans (ra- nging from $6 at NSAC to $25-$30 at Acadia)
-budgeting and payroll con- tent
-destruction and remedies. According to Holland Col—
' lege SU president Scott Lannan the College is "calm this year", but at Dalhousie the SUB has up to $40,000. damage per year and NSAC has more destruction this year than any other.
—roles of each executive member, maintenance, carn— pus police, clerical wor— kers. The number of execu— tive positions on each coun— cil ranges from three to six. Dalhousie has eleven full- time erployees as compared
to U.P.E.I.'s three, with
a full—time bar services
manager and an assistant
bar manager.
-part-time students rights and fees (depending upon the Institution, part-time I students have the option of
Pal/ing the fee and being allowed into events, have no
option, or having a layer
fee than full-time students) »
Mike Johnstone, president
of Acadia's SU reported on
five surveys being conducted
- by that university. The
Surveys are of tuition,
room and board, student
representation at Canadian
universities, the ID sy- stem, cafeterias, and publications governed by student unions.
The quote of the week— end muttered by a SU pre- Sident was ". . . all that red-tape bullshit. . .it' s a bureaucracy."