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But; how can sud'i a converging of ideas be . possible at UPEI? I :mean, the Business students = rarely come in contact us once more andyes, the the Arts‘ students; acachmic year is yell fScience stuchnts have their under way. For the freshman, 0WD bUilding and the attending university each - education faculty isloff gay should still be a ‘ 111 a Corner of its own. novelty, a new experience ; Very SHIPly, the mere with an array of inviting ' of the campus diallenges, For others, _‘ makes the communicating the daily trek tom of ideas among students by now be what going to the ‘ difficult to begin with. bam eadi morning means to ‘ Then: Of Course, there are the famer — a way of life, .; other considerations,- for In any case, attending UPEI [ example: busy schedules is a unique experience for . andneift'ra-Curricular eveiy student. Yet the fact actiVltleS - these are just remains thatain spite of the a feW- . many differencesWe Well; two years ago the demonstrate as a student students at the University body, freshman or senior, Of'RhOde Island were faced resident or day student, Wlth the same odds but

m open letter to, Students at UPEI.

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’LETTER. '10

THE UPEISUN, October 14th, 1979, Page 7

' ’STUDENTS’

gt a job, to broaden my knowledge, to kill time, or perhaps to meet different people? Really, the student deserves an answer to such (questions; however it is our responsibility to find them. And, if you're the type who has things figured out, others would be anxious to hear why. Then again, you might find out you're not as smart as you once thought. Obviously, this Could be _a learning situation for everyone. Presently, a committee of _ concerned students, motivated 0‘9"— m the Open- The real by Mill's type of thinking, Winner_at Rhode Island was known as Students for the StUdent- ‘ s 'mn""7'9'_, axe—“Estimated Students at UPEI can and t0 the concept 0f getting should undertake the same the students from every of exercise, not branch Of UPEI together to necessarily because Rhode analyze themelves in the

able to draw upon the experiences of their fellow classmates from every

sector of the university. Furthermore, members of

the faculty and administra—. tion, though more or less, observers, were astonished by the many questions brought forth by the student population. Generally,

the university was instilled with new life - ‘acatharsis of sorts, made possible by the students finally having the issue of university and the student

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