'9' pa rti By Gus Hilstrom crowd kept getting as the Winter Carnival ersons quietly awaited tart of the second g of the 1984 Winter at Committee. - first meeting on the us Wednesday had e attendance‘of about people, many of them m1 forth ideas of what i be in this year’s al. w of the same Old- at favourites were re— ished this year. Also, new ideas «were med, such as a bonfire" parade, “capture the game, dog sled races 'l'lg real dogs), and t et underwear contest
. year’s theme was .1 as “Wasted on the he title, of an old 1; , Stills and Nash song. second meeting, on .r} 17, was merely to people to particular , but it seemed that me who had been at ’the was meeting had htafriend. s meant that the sixty people that landed at neeting were a little r to organize than the tittee had v anticipated. ver, afte'r'a'bit of dis— ‘ n'andabauageot‘vstgm; eets, they finally got one pointed in :their ective directions. en the Carnival com— e set up the events, it an excellent job of ng' admission prices l to a minimum by not ing the usual three or high—priced bands. be we should congra- Jim Mutter.) Also, it ted a good variety of s, not all' of which are ed around drinking. e annual Campus ret will be going again onday, January‘30, and ne-up for acts is looking ' good. Of course the t Queen title will be up rabs again, but this year ompetition is limited to contestants, each 'of must complete the 1 portion. All tickets will 1d by advance sales. ter the Cabaret, 'a bon- .
ci pat 'o ' fire and a parade downtown have been scheduled. Every- one gets to go in the parade, so bring a wine skin to help keep warm.
Damant the hypnotist will
be appearing in the Duffy'-
Amphitheatre on Tuesday at
nine o’clock. There are only,
200 seats available, so get your ticket ahead of time.
Gilt is playing at the Barn Wednesday, and if you saw them last year, you know just how good they are.
Thursday brings the Smurf Game (a drinking game). You’ve probably seen the cartoons on TV. Well, what
you do is take a mouthful'
everytime those little munch- -kins say “Smurf”. Sounds fun, right? Well, it’s Thurs- day at eight in the Panther Lounge. '
The big Coronation Ball happens on Friday at the new Hilton. Enough said.
Saturday promises to be a big day the snow golf
Drury stresses
in Carnival plans
tournament starts at the Barn at ten o’clock. The students’ life committee has a big day as well, with a variety of
track and field events planned. ‘ After the noisemaker
hockey game, the Main Event at the Barn features Black and White Night. You must wear black and white only“.
Well, things look good so far. Keep up the good work, guys & gals!
civil‘disobedience
_ By Karen McLenithan
Within the political sphere, there is often debate about whether our governing bodies are too distant for us to be able -to influence their decisions. ,
Helen' Drury led a dis— cussion group- on the UPEl
campus January 16 in which ,
she explained how her civil disobedience acts respond to this question.
‘f'Sti‘ér’tfittr’ “haw “ the “non: ‘
violent process was "used at Seneca Army Depot in the state of New York, and at Litton Industries in Toronto. He slide show illustrated the commitment to non- cooperation with authority when authority threatens to use force.
During October, 1983, members of the Women’s Peace Encampment used solidarity and a staunch refusal to give up their goals as they successfully hurdled
a razor fence and‘ symboli—'
cally tgok possession of the military base.
In the face of insults and threats, these demonstrators, rather than challengingthe behavior of their opponents, concentrated on supporting each other. Helen said that her strength came from learning to personalize the authority figures, or soldiers.
By doing so, she found that '
she’s controlled her anger and fear.
Once over the fence, she was knocked down and bound in plastic hand—cuffs. Yet she maintains that she
was neither hurt nor afraid of repercussions.
At Litton Industries Toronto, Helen was part of a
in
group of citizens who planned to make a citiZen’s arrest of Litton, executives, charging them with
“conspiring to threaten “\CS. and conspiring to commit murder” through their production of Cruise missile parts.
Litton had asked for police assistance in prohibiting the protestors’ trespassing. In legal terms, Helen and her group had just as much right
‘ to police support; and yet,
the business and state interests automatically re— ceived precedence; Indivi— dually, each person con- tinued to struggle until finally just after entering the pro- perty, all were arrested for trespassing. ‘
With hcivil disobedience, the individual is making the statement that a law is so deeply unjust that a govern- ment can only be influenced when its people deliberately ignore that law. Rather than conforming to the law, the protester challenges its application within system.
Publicity is a significant factor in these events. Though the protestors often face insurmountable opposi- tion, it is believed that their sincerity of 'spirit will
‘ encourage others to question
the issue at fault. And that others too will find a means of influencing their govern- ments.
AHMMMM “HA COLDFRONT BRWGlNG SNOW AND FOOT PRINTS
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Tuition fees to jump
UPEI tuition fees will be going up next year again.
President Peter Meincke says that the 7 1/2 per cent increase in funding recommended by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission will not be enough, and students will have to pay the extra amount.
_No further details have been released.
Win a date with Keefe
Would some lucky lady out there like to go to the Coronation Ball with SD president Jack Keefe? (Well. let’~ take it for granted that someone would.)
The Student Union is sponsoring a “Pick Jack Lip" contest. Entrants must state in 10 lines or less (that should bt all the space needed) why they want to escort the prominent Canadian Studies major to the Ball Friday night.
Send entries to the Student Union Office at the Barn by Wednesday, February 1. The winner will be judged by a panel of uninterested bystanders.
Liberal Club denied status
The UPEl Student Union Council has refused organization status to'the UPEI Liberal Campus Club.
The decision was made at Council meeting on Sunday, January 22. Councillors expressed concern that the Student Union not be seen as favouring any one political party.
The Campus Club intends to re—apply, says Club spokes— man Robert Hanf.
sub-
; Hockey Tournament ‘ ' planned
As part of the Winter Carnival festivities, a ball hockey tournament is being staged in the rink.
Teams entered in the tournament include the Student Union, the Business Society, Marian Hall, Blanchard Hall, and the Engineers. Anyone who wishes to play can sign with one of these teams (by Friday the 27th) or contact Jeff Dowling at 894-8805
Games will be played in the afternoons and early evenings of January 30 and 31 and February 1. The winning teams will be supplied with beverage tickets to help them through the rest of Winter Carnival week.
The tournament schedule will be available On Monday, January 30. ' ' ‘
Ethics committee formed
The UPEI Senate has formed a standing committee on matters of research ethics.
The committee will consist of one faculty member from each of Arts, Science. Education. and Professional Studies, and a member of the student body. These peOple have not yet been chosen.
The committee will make judgements on research ethics in proposals brought before the Research Committee.
Ad manager sought
The UPEI Student Union has opened applications for the position of advertising manager for 1984—85.
The successful applicant will be in charge of advertising for next year’s yearbook, the student newspaper, and the campus radio station. ,
The position will start in mid-February to give the person chosen an opportunity to meet clients and be shown the ropes by the current ad manager.
Applications can be picked up at the Barn and will not be accepted after 5:00 pm. on January 27, 1984.
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