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By Brian MacLeod

“To keep yourself going keep telling yourself what a good practioner you will be,” is some essential advice on

how to gain a veterinarian’s: .

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Last Wednesday, evening Jane MacMillan Bp ‘ 7, a’;v_et-* with the Scuthpdfl,‘ ‘ Hospital, offered elsuch in- formation to nine‘ potential animal doctors ofthe Pre-Vet Club at UPEI.

Other suggestions include: familiarizing yourself with the job by working'w'ith a professional to‘s¢e'if it meets your expectations, getting to

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and small animal practice, being well prepared for the admittance interview, having alternate plans in case you are refused entrance the first year of application, and readying yourself for a lot of hard work in case you are admitted. Although veterinary ‘ medicine may seem appealing ‘ at first, it takes persistance and hard work to get into and through veterinarian school. Work, once the license is obtained, involves frustration , failure and’rnonotony as well ‘ as challenge, success, and reward. ' Being a vet means having to venture out to answer late‘

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one. If this is realized earlya, valuable time and energy ‘can be save.

“After filling out applica- tions and writing the required

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essay on .a. topic such as “How I ‘Would Benefit Society as a Veterinarian,” you chose yOur words care- fully for the interview, “Dr. Bond cautioned. 7 “Opinions on relevant "issues such as animal use in research are discussed, so .previOus thought on such ‘topices be beneficial.” Bond said that any type of experience, with or without pay, such as working on a livestock farm, in a patho-

.‘ l0gy lab, or as an artificial

insemination technician, im- proves the likelihood of admittance to veterinarian school.

If the candidate exag- . gerates his or her knowledge, follow-up questions can prove to be embarrassing. If for instance, one expresses an expertise of pigs he or she should know classifications other than black, white, and pink. .

Once admitted to veter— inarian shcool the vet-in- progress must maintain a set average (which will be 80% for the P.E.I. Vet College).

Courses are pure theory until second year. During fourth year the students begin

to perform surgery and all the‘

studying begins to show its relevance.

._‘,‘.B.ecau§e. there is so much, to learn you continue to gain

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with other‘vets "and reading current research , ’ ’ the young vet explained.

New program, continued

continued from page 1, ' summer employment pro- gram.

After some pressure in the House from NDP members about failing to meet with student representatives, how- ever, officials from the minister’s office phoned the CFS national office Jan. 29 to arrange a meeting. Olley, who was in Newfoundland, for a founding conference of a provincial student or- ganization there, was not available to arrange a time.

MacDonald’s press secre- tary Justin de Beaucamp said the minister wants to meet with CFS representatives soon but refused to say whether the meeting would take place before or after the’ program’s impending announcement.

“An attempt on our part is being made to meet with them.” . ‘

Olley, contacted in St. John’s, said she is happy the minister has finally agreed to meet with the federation but skeptical of the Tories’ com- mittment to student job creation. She said CFS wants at least as many jobs to be created as last year, if not more. ‘

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Olley predicted student unemployment would reach last year’s levels, which peaked in July when 180,000 students planning to return to school were without work. The rate was 14.9 per cent. The yduth unemployment rate in December of for those between the ages of 15 and

24 hovered around 17 per cent. _ “It’s unfortunate ' the“

minister did not plan to meet with us sooner. CFS has a valuable input to give be- cause we know what the con- cerns of students are.”

Along with opposition MPs, Olley is worried that the Tories’ delay in announc- ing the program will create problems for students , 'ng to make plans . to fin ce their education and commu- nity groups wanting to hire students forvthe sgmmers ' ’h

011er joined McCurdy'in criticizing the employment and immigration minister for failing to release the pro- gram’s details earlier, saying many potential emplOyers will not participate in the program now because they do not have the time or the money to prepare an applica- tion.

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If the candidate graduates from vet school there are possible employment op- portunities at a number of clinics on P.E.I. Locations

include O’Leary, Kensington, Summerside', Brudenell, Montague, Southport, Win- sloe (specializing in horse care), and Charlottetown.

Although endurance and ambition are required to get into and through veterinarian college, Dr. Bond assured the group the rewards and satis-

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factions of the job are worth it.

To get where she is today, she would gladly do it all over again, she said.

Ldunge to open in summer?

By Carolyn Ryan

When the hot sun weighs you down next summer, you may have the Panther Lounge to escape to.

At its meeting Sunday night, the UPEI Student Union Council approved in principle a suggestion to use the Lounge during the summer, if the action proves feasible.

The bar would employ only full-time students, says Howard Beattie VP Internal, though numbers and terms are still to be decided.

The proposal is possible only because a motion to use the Barn as a lobster supper outlet during the summer months was defeated last week by the Board of Governors, who felt the operation would be com- peting with local business, and thus conflicting with the goals of a university.

Beattie says flopening‘ the lounge would be made easier if, Council accepts. another proposal, to hire a full—time non-student Entertainment Director, who would be in charge of hiring bands, handling cash floats for the Lounge, and other duties as yet to be decided. .

General Manager Heather Love made that proposal in

order “to free the executive.

and myself for other areas where we can help students more directly.’ ’

“Right now we’re all tied to housekeeping,” she said.

Last year the Panther Lounge had sales of $150,000 and Love sees increases in the future as well, as enrol- ment continues to rise and the Lounge “provides a

*bette'r service to students.”-"

(Beattie’s words).

profit by' opening 'in) the summer,“ _ said. Love,“ but

added that a summer opera- r »

tion would mean the Enter- tainment Director’s salary would not take as large a chunck out of the Capital Expendituresngund, .getted at $6,000 next year. The new employee of the SU will make, with benefits, “$12000: of that will

‘c’onre‘i from an increase ‘in‘

total student fees due to‘a projected enrolment increase of 50 students next year, and $11,000 is tentatively al-

located from the Capital-

Expenditures Fund, which has in the past been used to replace equipment and furniture, and to buy new

. equipment for the lounge,

CIMN, or the newspaper.

“We now have a staff of 60,” said Love. “We’re growing, and we have to spend our budget wisely.”

The creation of a new position would require neither a change in the SU constitution nor the elimina- tion of any executive posi- tions, said Love, though the position of Promotions Director for the Panther Lounge, created last year, will be redundant.

The executive members will

Not this summer, _

still be ultimately respon- sible for any major decision making and for channelling of information to Council.

Depending on how quickly a job description is approved, the Student Union may have a new employee by this summer, says Beattie.

Meanwhile, verbal per- mission to retain the Lounge’s liquor license in the summer has been received from the provincial govern- ment, and the executive is looking further into the

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question of hiring employees.

“Our chances of getting a summer grant don’t look good unless we hire handi- capped or special needs persons,” says Love, so the hiring will have to be done through the Hiring and Selection Board. Beattie would like to see the same employees hired for both the summer and the academic year.

Nothing has been finalized yet; it is probable that the matter will be brought up again in a month or so.

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