doing, but alas [have achieved very little. One last _ idea with respect to the feminist faction on campus:

_ “Ifyou make a stand in the middle of the road, you _ may getrun over.’ PLEASE make us aware of your _ views instead of trying to oppress everyone else’s.

_ Oh, and I would like to thank Cory Large for his

_ assistance, I was very thankful for support, even

_ though I wasn’t represented in last week’s ‘ ‘X-Press _ Trading Cards’’

7 signed, THE DOCTOR

. Sir,

_ Reading your newspaper always provides me witha _ smile and perhaps achuckle every now and then.

_ Judging from the letters section, one could consider it _ tobe a form of light entertainment, although I realise _ that itis meant to be informative as well.

_ However, your March 19, 1992 edition wasalittle _ different. I refer to your letters to the Editor Section, and in particular the letter signed: ‘‘The way it should _be’’. It provided me with several good laughs. In fact, | haven’t laughed like that in some time. One

_ part, which began “‘Is it a big deal or degrading fora wife...."’, brought tears to my eyes, and a stitch in my side.

Several questions Spring to mind:

. Are you now inserting ‘‘joke’’ letters, ala Na- tional Lampoon? This seems highly unlikely, asl. believe your charter prevents you from doing this, 2. Was the person who wrote this letter serious? Does he believe in what he wrote? | suppose there are Still males out there who are stuck with this 19th entury (or earlier) mentality. Too bad. Not all of us re so backwards...

. Is this a letter written simply to ‘‘stir the pot’’,

d see what kind of reaction it can provoke? This

ay be the case as well. And it could have been ritten by wither a male or female. Think about it. ust another arena for the Campus Women vs. The acklash whoever running battle that has graced the Pages of the X-Press.

So, with Q1. having only a remote chance, it could be 450-50 spliton Q2, and Q3,, with another 50-50 split to the gender of the author, Ofcourse, | may be guilty on either or both counts of reacting needlessly that letter and ‘‘stiring the pot’’ myself,

Dear Editor:

An official complaint was registered with the UPEI Student Union Council, at their meeting, on March

29th concerning the ‘‘ask the-Doctor *‘ column of the March 26th issue of the ‘ *x-Press’’.

The following is the complaint:

““We would like to register an official complaint to the Student Union regarding personal slander against Libby Whelan that was printed in the X-Press issue of March 26, 1992. Inthe‘ “Ask the Doctor’’ column, Libby Whelan is indirectly referred to as ‘‘an Annoy- ing strumpet’’ asking people to sign a petition. In the same article (p. 28), Whelan is cited as the ‘‘woman who started the petition’’. Earlier in an interview with Peter Hanus (p. 13), the petition is referred to as Libby Whelan’s petition three times. We think that this makes it obvious that Whelan is the person referred to as the ‘“‘annoying strumpet’’ in the ‘‘Ask the Doctor’’ column. We demand a signed (with the *‘doctor’s real name), published apology to Libby Whelan as this slander has left the ‘ “doctor’’, the X- Press, and the Student Union open to legal action. Respectfully, Michelle MacCallum Heather Morrison David F itzpatrick’’ Discussion regarding the matter followed. Council passed the following motion: MacCallum/H. Morrison........... carried

Be it resolved that UPEI Student Council support Libby Whelan and Michelle MacCallum’s request for a published apology addressed to Libby Whelan and signed personally by ‘‘The Doctor’’, using ‘‘The Doctor’s’’ real name, not his/her pseudonym.

Signed, UPEI Student Union Council

April 9, 1992

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