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There has been, over the past few months, a heightened awareness among members of this university community. Students and faculty are questioning more freely the different

aspects of the educational '

system and the present power structure at the un—

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iversity. Questions and Vcomplaints are being raised about issues such as the

tenure system, student par—

ity, academic freedom, and

involvement in the community to name only a few. However,

budgeting, and the alloca- tion of university funds, which to a great extent ‘

/ other questions, has been almost totally neglected, as a topic of discussiOn. Although the university -Senate makes all decisions on academic matters, almost everyone of their recommen— dations is impossible to implement without_the fin— ances. How these finances are allocated, to a large extent, decide what the aims and objectives of the

.university are to be.

The Philosophy and P01— itical Science departments have made requests for $3,000 in order to make a icommon room‘ at the end of third floor Main for V students in those faculties.

gThe History department has

made a similar request for

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Cadre, Feb. 25,1975 Re:J McLeod Dear J; Upon reading your letter

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ized we both have similar viewpoints concerning the state of affairs‘at this

University. There are too "many radicals on the UPEI campus, its high time some— thing was-done to stifle this uprising. If this trend is allowed to contr. inue, it will no doubt adversely effect good

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their complaints heard they ‘are attempting to unionize. This requires going through the B.E.I. Labour RelatiOns Board on which Joe Revell, a prominent»member‘of our Business Administration de— partment,sits; Business Ad— ministration is the depart— ment that plans to move in; -/to the one million dollar renovated building.

The faculty of arts haS‘ made continual pleas for the hiring of new_faculty members in order to lower the studentafaculty ratio. Their requests are continu— ally denied because there is 'no money in the till'. .When one looks at that million dollars in terms“ of faculty salaries, it could mean ten additional faculty members for ten years. I

The allocation of un— iversity funds shOuld be seriously questioned. Are these funds really needéd to Support the administra- tion's "edifice" complex or does the university have other priorities?

'such a roo . In both cases

are not occupied; they are in close proximity of the _ professors offices; and re— quire very little money to renovate. Though both pro— posals were suppOrted by students and faculty in the reSpective departments, they were turned down be~' cause the university.did not have the money.

’ These proposals are re— fused because thére is no money, yet the university is considering spending one/million dollars in order to renovate the old library. Such a grand ex- penditure as this raises m“ /‘ many queStions concerning _ the real Objectives of the university.

FinanEe,also, endempasses what the salaries of un— iversity perSonnel are go—

‘ ing to be. The university support staff has been trying to receive decent

Ywages for years. Their Com-l plaints have'virtually been ignored by the administraé tion. In order to have_

can not perceive reality; Present reality (at this institutionrof Higher? lear— ning) is that you follow the aspirations of your professor ’and you are considered 0.K., a conformist. If you ques— tion his authority (power), what happens? You are label- ed a rebel and marks usually dent should be compelled fall accordingIY- It is ab- to obtain an 8nx lo" glossy out time that the student of his/her favourite prof.; b°dy and the PrOfessorS come as for all this abuse of‘ t°89ther at the beginning 0f President Baker, well, he each semester and reached a has 21 Good Housekeeping consensus on course material vseal of Approval!; the methods of teaching and Sincerely — marking and other areas of 3. Que. .course interest. It is about ‘- time that professors recogni- «Zed Students as intelligent individuals. I I we are thirsting for knowledge. Students are here to attain a higher academic understanding and to apply this informatiOn to our pre‘ sent day situation in the community. I think that many individuals have fallen into the rut of inactivity in con‘ sidering the reasons they are here.‘ They think that if they achieve high marks and go to class then they are learning- True learning is the inter- action of people so as to eX’ change ideas and this should iand MUST supplementlour theO‘ retical structure. Last year, Freshman, I had a professor who really could relate to his students’

student's marks and em- ployment opportunities after graduation(the very reason we are here).

Your point —professors and administrators knowing more about the university than students 1 is valid;

way. In fact, every stu—'

_ rIn the Cadre the week of February 25/75, an in- dividual (perhaps a member bf the papers staff) indic- ated that students are not— hing more than zombies who" were being programmed by this~institution. The let- 'ter I refer to places the professors on a pedestal 3 high above the students. WE as the ignorant peasants must. bow down to the highwand mi— ghty. In this context we can see the beginning of a class struggle. L

J. MacLeod accurately represents many of the stu— dents because he has been brainwashed by the admin- istration and the faculty

to the point where he (she) Con't P8-4-o-o-q-n