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ed readings. Professors (sic) seem to have little or no understanding that , each student has more than one course to deal with.

A list is given with or without eXplicit instruc- tion on how many of the books are to be read, when they are to be read and so 7 on. Students have approach-

~ed me (eSpecially freshmen) .with the complaint that professors (sic) will list many books that must be reod iorhclass discussion on y o ave the book is doin n w.

ignored when it's time for It is gbvious that the

a discuss1on on it: Further- university (UPEI) is not ' more. some professors (sic) concerned with personal

will list a number of books rowt ' without having read them is on? aggt2;:§%ggmi3t’ 1t themselves: thus, when a "schoo ing" (Illich) the sgudent seeks assistance student so as to develop Enogieits context, he is a conformist mentality with a 0 get it. the intent of better ser- Joel Hansen suggested be- ving the interests of a fore Christmas break that capitalist society. we might benefit from our L experiment on "total immer-

sion" where the student wo- uld spend one or two sem- esters involved in one area '

~only; this would facilitate competence in one area rather than mediocrity in five, which is the present set-up.

There is no way a student can Operate within the pre- sent structure to benefit of qualitative growth and development; at least he can but - "do only what is necessary to get through“, which is exactly what he

.I have been noticing with increasing frequency the

growing dissatisfaction of students with their assign-

Stan Dalton

We forgot about the weather and

In spite of the stormy weather we experienced last [weekeend, 160 students, rep- reSenting 10 universities, came together in rather un-

ique accomOdations - the Barn - to participate in a Newman Conference hosted by the students of UPEI.

The theme, "Christians in l

their Enviornment", set

the pace for a fruitful

Week-end; one that was

packed with lots of uni—

versity input, sharing, singsong...discussion on how we, as Christians, can come alive to what God wants quto be doing in this world.

Following the Chairman's outline of the agenda for the weekcend, Friday even- ing was Spent casually. This provided the students with ample Opportunity/to get aquainted with those students representing uni- versities other than their own. ‘ ' I

The Sat. morning input was given by Mt. St, Vin— cent Newman group. They said that politics-is peo— 7 ple. Xou can't haVe people

without some form of pol-

‘ itics. many-questions were raised such as : hOW"tuned in are we to the activities on campus, should there be campus Concern, how politi- cally involved are we in our communities, what do we do about injustices 1n our enviornment? After the

'general session we diVided into small groups for dis- cussion and later had a. question and answer period.

Sat. afternoon, Father .

Jerry Herrauf, the chaplain

Tat St. Mary‘s University.

shared with us‘some thoughts on prayer and on how we can develop our prayer life. Chaplains from other univer- sities contributed to this session which was followed by group discussion."

The session on prayer was preceeded by input from St. F.X. University. They tal— ked about problems that were common on their campus in hopes that representa-

tives from other univer-

,sities could identify with

them. Issues such as pre- marital sex, abortion, al- cohol, drugs, apathy and damage against university property were raised. We came to realize how little we really know about things "that go on on our own cam- pus. For example, have you

any idea how much money will

be spent on beer for the

Winter Carnival, not to men—

tion Pig 'N' Whistles?? We're not saying there's anything wrong with that, still, itis good to know what's going on.

Mary Boyd, the chairman of

the Social Action Committee,

really related to the theme of the conference when she outlined concrete examples of what we as Christians egg do right here, right now. Miss Boyd suggested solutions to many issues that were raised throughout

the week-end and the-confer-

ence delegates acknowledg- ed her challenge to become socially active by a stand- ing ovation. Input from St. Mary's followed her talk. The conference was high- lighted Sat. evening when the delegates came together

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a great conference

and shared in a celebration of the Eucharist. Fr. Joe Higgens, the National Chap- lain for Newman Centers was the chief celebrant. Mass was followed by a film "To Ride a Turquoise Pony” and then an interesting comedy hour with a message, "The Amazing Grace Show", spon- sored by the UNB Newman Club.

The UPEI Newman Club would like to say a special thanks to all who made the confer- ence a success, in particu- lar, Ted and the cooking staff. The meals were real- ly great and the delegates from the other universities asked us to be sure to rel~ ay the message. After all, the first thing we complain about usually is the food. I think that we who attend- ed the conference are unit» ed in saying "even our mot- hers couldn’t have done betterl"

Also, thank you to the mem mbers of the faculty along with students who expressed. an interest inNewmanc We really appreciate your sup- port and ask you for your advice or suggestions ~ things you'd like to see in the Newman Club. If you are interested in getting in- volved in the Newman Club — Welcome! We don't even have

membershi: fars! Yet! If you'd like to find out more about Newman contact Fr. Tingley at Student Se- rvices and he can tell you about it and about other students who are involved.

Debbie Peters