had no face. Thursday. January 29,1981, paqe 20 ’

PoHcyEspritj

BY HUGH JOHNSTON

"Policy" is a word well known to fourth year' Business students. The project has been in existence since the first day of U.P.E.I. and is in its eleventh year. The brainchild of J .J-. Revell, the project attempts to bring together all aspects of business in a practical, and experimental way. ~ ,

The project consisits of a five year feasibility study of a new venture (if not, of a sufficiently new nature). The venture must be applicable to P.E.I., or at least to the Maritimes. A written report must be submitted, and each project must be presented publically. Each venture must have a risk factor, and it is the job of the students to assess this risk. Awards are given to the top three projects, but it is stressed that the project may be NON—FEASIBIE (it doesn't matter) .

The project is done in groups of four. The people in each group must be

' balanced so that they can work together. They must be compatible, able to pull their weight , and able to do the warious functions needed in the operation of a business. ‘ The ability to v organize and manage a group becores almost as important as the choice of project. (If you don't pull your weight, you are 'fired") .

New ideas for projects have always been difficult to come up with. An extra difficulty arises with the disadvantageous region in which the venture must be done. However, these added challenges are no different than those encountered by anyone setting up a business in the Maritimes.

‘ undertaken are , casket

- and cablevision.- One group

‘ own Debbie Good was involved

‘ that it was a good project

An excellent example or the students conquering rad- versity is the MacDonald"s

In the long run the best students do best in policy, but there is a definite advantage for the mature student who ‘is able - to pattern his work habits.

There are many benefits received from doing this project. The students learn how to deal with pressure and a deadline. learns the competitive nature of the business world and the abilityto be suc-

P 0’, i f §(I O ' cessful at doing large . volumes of work. The true, ' N D nature of sore students , o , 0 surfaces, as virtually sedate people becoTe aggressive beasties. _

The projects undertaken from the "sublime to the ridiculous", from massively. capitalizedcorporations to a student barber shop. '

Many are based on Island resource industries such as fisheryand agriculture.

Examples of projects

went to Augusta,Maine to get information but they were denied access to the factory. Consequently they went across the street to

of the workers a camera. The result was two rolls of slides and a good project.

by Jim Revell This week I am shurming the do—nOthing Tory govern- ment of P.E.I. and the na- tional debates on energy, the economy, and the con— stitution, to focus on a topic which has some sup— port here on campus. I speak of the New Democratic Party which has never a- ‘chieved much success 0n P'.E.I. and only mixed re— sults in other parts of

\Canada.

The New Democratic Party is, by andylarge, an out-

. grmth of the old C.C.F. party. The C.C.F. repre— sented largely the rural population of the Prairies, which has helped formulate the party's socialistic tendencies of today. The

.N.D‘.P., while never in ‘

_ poner federally, has brought about the passage, or at least bills later to be copied and introduced . by Liberal and Progressive ‘ Conservative governments which have been beneficial ‘ to all Canadians. The most obvious instance of this is Medicare. Why then has it not achieved success? Why am I so firmly against their growth?

There are many reasons why the public has largely ignored this group of po-.

manufacturing , a helicopter service ,pre—peeled potatoes

did a project on a health spa long before the participaction kick came into vogue; Roger Wright and Gordon Bond put into operation a furnace manufacturing project and are doing well.

The Business Department's

in a project called "The Hands of Avon Lee". in which high quality hand-crafts were marketed under one marketing thrust. Chairman J.J. Revell said, "The judges thought that it was just a little

too slick."Gcod COntends

(there is no doubt about that) and that the judges disliked it because it was not capital intensive, complex or very risky. But honestly Debbie, isn't that just another way of saying "it‘was too slick."

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liticians at election time. The most commonly held reason is that the N.D.P. is in bed with the unions. While party supporters will denounce this, legislation

deral N.D.P., especially , their economic policies,

that they are working in

class, blue collar union workers, than the white collar, middle-class Cana— dians who make up the lar-

electorate. - ‘ This being true, it is

wondered why the N.D.P. has

not attained more success

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Buns Project. The students-

a local bar and gave sate '

brought forward by the fe— '

makes it easily recognizable

the interests of the lover ‘

gest Segment of the Canadian

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Policy projects have be— come a goal. for business students and ‘a fourth year rallying point. men though there is carpetition, "esprit— de—corps" develops between the students, according to , - Revell. "Policy has becote the- climax of the'business " 7 program. ’

Have a, good week and smile a_ lot, "You'll need it."

View-point

P.0‘utgrowth'

in Eastern Canada, especially the Atlantic Region. I feel that the electorate in this part of Canada is intelligent enough to

. realize that either of the two major parties will form the national government, and . that the two old-line parties still offer dietinct‘ political ' philosophies. A‘ vivid example is Saskatchewan, where the. N.D.P. formed / ._ the Provincial government: 'Iheir legislation and program'mes‘fit the Liberal Party mold .sonicely that their premier,‘ Alan Blakeny, has been rumoured to be National Liberal Leadership ‘ material. '

Why do I feel sorstrongly against the N.D.P.? First I .' foremost, I feel they're ' primarily a protest party which realized sote'success in the previous decade primarily because of the downturn in the economy. . Secondly,"I am fundamentally opposed to most of their economic programmes because .they are usually patch work,

V short-term in nature and lacking a clear outlook for the future. "I'hirdly, I belei've they offer no more in the way of sOcial,” . . educational, individual, , ‘ or environmental programs 7 , than either of the two main line parties. Finally, I cherish a two party system for its stability, which ‘ has been,shown to introduce much more beneficial , . legislation than minority governments. The majority of- the time these minority governments produce short term politically popular r, legislation, and. they fall prey to opportunistic

' political power plays and public opinion polls.

It is important fdr all of us to realize that ‘ change cares about slowly and that while it is nice to be idealistic, the N.D.P. " is primarily. that and not, ‘1 a suitable "