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For those people who went, weekend of October 29- will be remembered (so to hk) as the Mardi Gras week- in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For UPEI Debating Society, the kend holds memories of the housie Invitational Tourna- t along with the Mardi Gras.

is was our first of hopefully ry competitions and we be- e it went very well. We unfor- atly did not win the tourna- t but the success of the week- prevented any tears from be- shed over our placing at Dal. yet, we do not know exactly re we placed in the over- standings because the results e not yet arrived in the mail we are sure the memories of weekend will be hallowed by

The weekend consisted of six

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rounds of debating and four rounds of public speaking. The final rounds of both were for the two teams and individuals with the highest standings, Most of us debated all but the final rounds, unfortunatly half our team was delayed Sunday morning due to circumstances beyond our con- trol. The resolutions were var- ied and proved to be rather hu- mourous. Our only prepared res- olution was B.I.R.T. “The going-— rated of souls is much too high.” Other resolutions were, “ Ghouls just want to have fun.” and,

Out of every life, a little blood

‘must flow.” The public speaking

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rounds were based on individual skills rather than teams.

I’m sure our team approaches to the resolutions will be remem- bered in a rather original light. Without a doubt the teams that

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face Tony (the Guitarman) and Collin were “beat” by their har- monious rythem together. Yet Bob and Myself seemed to be “ possessed” with the idea that as agents of evil, we could approach issues such as Souls and Ghouls in Six—Hundred and Sixty Six dif- ferent ways. Because it was Hal- lowe’en, We figured that was a good “ Omen” and used this ap- proach.

But it was the Saturday evening that in many ways proved to be the highlight of the week-

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end. 40,000 people bring new meaning to “What creeps and crawls,”, and does other things “through the night.” For some of us, we MIXed our resourced to a successful conclusion while others had a Smurfy time with detergant bottle bubbly. Mr. Canoehead floated through while Mousehead was gone quickly.

The UPEI Debating Society gained fantastic experience this weekend. The tournament pro- vided a fine example of what to expect at other tournaments and

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gave our novice debators a chance to prove themselves. We were pleased with the weekend, the tournament and ourselves. We thank the University for allowing us to attend the competition and we thank Dianne Pickett for the usage of the van, for without it we may not have been able to attend.

Our society is growing and having fun doing so. interested, please attend a meet- ing on Wed.. 11:30 in Robert- son Library in Conference room B. Secondly, our challenge to other societies remains.

If you are

If you wish to debate us, please contact Vivian Huizenga, our President, Bob Smith, our Vice—President, Dr. David Sims of AVC, our faculty advisor or myself Michael Woodman, the sec. Our society is the best, repeat, the best, so if you think you are better contact us. Go for it!

WUSC Delegates Attend Ottawa Meeting

by Sam O’Kello

For another time in its his- tory, representatives of the World University Services of Canada (WUSC) met in the nation’s cap- ital to discuss matters of common concern.

The meeting held on Oct. 13th to 15th at Delta Hotel marked an important step in strengthening closer links be- tween people and agencies work- ing to promote global develop- ment.

WUSC Faculty advisor Dr. David Morrison and mvself were

among other WUSC local com-

mittee members to share our ex- periences in the field of interna- tional education.

Some of the issues addressed included the following:

Improving spon- sorship of scholarship for refugee students through existing institu-

_tions; Sending Canadians in over-

seas volunteer programs and im- plementing new ways to encour- age cooperation between Canada and developing countries.

Internationally renowned fig- ures from government, educa- tional institutions, and the pri- vate sector delivered stimulating speeches. They participated in workshops and acted as resource persons throughout the meeting. They also helped participants deal with issues facing everyone working for the cause of Inter- national Development and educa- tion exchange.

Anyone interested in details of the meeting should contact:

Dr. David Morrison Main Bldg. tel: 566-0444