WINTER CARNIVAL 1988

Monday Jan 25 —- 6:30-7:15 7:15

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Wednesday Jan 27 — 8:39 9:00

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by Cora-Lee DesRoches

On Wednesday, 13 Jan- uary 88, at 7:30 pm in room 108 of Robertson Library, there was a reading by the Canadian author, Nora Keel- ing. Mrs. Keeling has writ- ten three books and she is working on her fourth. The author is from London, On- tario and she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Be- sides writing, she also acts and once played the lead- ing role in Madiea where she won a prize.

Mrs. Keeling read a short story called “My Fa- ther’s House” from her book, A Fine and Quiet | Place, which will be coming out in twelve to eighteen months. The story is about a man, James ‘Tobius, who is in search of his purpose in life. Unfortunately, James never is satisfied and the story con- cludes with his committing Suicide. The prose is dense, and yet it is still fairly easy

Open skate at UPEI rink

Alpine UPEI Winter Carnival

Tourney (Game 9) (Game 10)

‘Men’s Intramural Basketball Blanchard vs. Business

Winter Carnival Tourney

(Game 11) (Game 12) |

Thursday Jan 28 - 6:15

7:15 8:30 9:30 10:15

9:00-1:00

Women’s Intramural Basketball

Day Students vs. Vet. Students

Blanchard vs. Bernadine

MAIN EVENT!! FM appearing at the Barn wet/dry

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Winter Carnival Tourney (Game 13)

Senior Class Trivia in the Panther Lounge

Men’s Intramural Basketball

Marion vs. Mayflower

Friday Jan 20 1:30

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Saturday Jan 30 — 9:30am—11:30am

11:30am-1:30pm

1:30-3:30 9:00-1:00

Sunday Jan 31 - 5:00

“Merely a scribe’ Nora Keeling speaks at UPEI

reading and quite interest- ing. The story is up-to-date, wild in attitude, and it is ob- vious that the author is not afraid of reality.

When as to how she came up with the idea for the story, Mrs. Keeling claimed that at first, it was inspired by the act- ing of Dudley Moore in the movie, Arthur. She felt that she couldn’t stop the story — it was purely stream- of-consciousness. She also stated that in the beginning, she thought that James was a combination of her father, her husband, and her son. But then she discovered that she, herself, was James. The story of James Tobius hurts her and torments her be- cause she is not able to re- move herself from the story.

later questioned

Another question brought forth by a member of the audience dealt with the lack of virtues in the main character of the story.

Mrs. Keeling replied, “James had a depth of feel- ing given to few people.” She also explained that James was the victim rather than the butcher and that, ide- ally, the reader must look at the characters, and see the whole story as symbols and metaphors. “James is a uni- versal type, although an in- dividual... he is looking for something that we all look

for. Do any of us really find stro!

The short story is sub- jective, and the reader must feel it to understand it, for .that is how Mrs. Keeling wrote it: “Stories don’t come from the muscle between my ears, but rather my gut... Logic has nothing to do with certain things.”

While describing herself, Nora Keeling says that she is an efficient person who thinks in short story form. She has a strong identifica- tion with her male charac- ters, and therefore, has been labelled a feminist, but she

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Coed Broomball

Blanchard vs. Bernie—Marion

Winter Carnival Tourney (Game 14)

(Game 15) Coed Volleyball Coed Volleyball

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Business vs. Vets 2nd year

Business vs. Vets Ist year

CAMPUS COMEDY with Tony Quinn in the Panther

Lounge. Come cheer

Admission $2.00 Business Society movie Pub

your favorite campus comedian!

"The Delirious Game”

intermission Junior class vs. Freshman class tug—of—war

Tobogganing excusion to Brookvale.

10:00 for chili

Returning approx.

& hot chocolate at the Barn.

Marion Hall snow football tournament Blanchard Field

Sophomore class vs. Senior class snow event at the Barn

Marion Hall Tourney continued

BEACH PARTY!!! (music by Sights and Sounds

Productions

~come dressed in your favorite beach attire

—prizes -leis —hot dogs

~crazy hour prizes 9:30-11:00 Superbowl at the Panther Lounge.

admission $3.00 at the door

—chili will be served.

Root for your favorite NFL team and close down Winter style!

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does not agree with this. Be- cause she firmly believes that the human being is all alone, she has also been classified as an athiest; but she replies to that by claiming that she is agnostic leading to the ‘yes’ side. However, Mrs. -Keel- ing still says that “there are no answers to any questions that need to be answered.” HE

Mrs. Keeling is a sensi- tive writer and feels a direct association with all of her characters, because of this, she became very upset when a reviewer said, “Keeling has a genius for inventing peo- ple.” Mrs. Keeling feels that she has nothing to do with the stories; she is merely a scribe.

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