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University of Prince Edward Island ince 1969

By Cindy Venema

Many students are un- happy with the new $20 dona- tion charged each year for the Building Fund, claiming they were not informed about this forced contribution. These donations are refundable, and many students are now taking back their $20.

Approximately 410 stu- dents have reclaimed their money. Jarrad Bennet, a stu- dent living in Marian, when asked why he took back the donation, answered, "The Stu- dent Union totally cut funding to CIMN and now we are re- turning the favour". Another student, Heather Doyle in sec- ond year arts, said "$20 is alot of money, if it had been less then maybe! would have given t®.

Many students are con- fused about where their dona- tions are going. The answer is:

the Student Union's goal is to raise $250,000 over a six year period, which will eventually be used fora new Student Cen- tre. Council has been raising money for a new Centre for many years; however, because progress was so slow, the Board of Governors and the Student Union negotiated an agreement to fast-track the

project. The $250,000 from

the Building Fund Donations will currently go toward the renovations of Cass, but on April 30, 2002 the University willrepay the $250,000 for the Student Centre. In addition to the repayment, the university will support private fund rais- ing forthe Student Centre, with a goal of $300,000. "Basically,

the students will be giving $250,000 but they will be get- ting $500,000 back" stated Chris Burns, Student Union President.

Many students do not want to give money toward a building they will never get to use. Cathy Gillan, UPEI's Development Officer, explains that the students do get to ben- efit from their donations. The money is going to Cass, and therefore the students will gain: modern science facilities; more space, because Math, Compu- ter Science and Engineering will be moving to Cass; Psy- chology will be moved to a renovated Memorial; and Bi- ology and Physics will be able to expand in Duffy.

This is not the first time that the Students have been asked for donations. In 1987- 92 students were asked to give $5/semester in order to raise $45,000 for the renovation of

Sesame Street Latest Victim of 90s Downsizing

By Jennifer Zaplitny and Tony Rose (The Carillon, Uni- versity of Regina)

Budget cuts have changed the face of CBC programing over the last few years, but recently in a bid to ensure all of their program- ming is made in Canada, the mother corporation has taken one stepno oneexpected: They downsized Sesame Street.

As of October 21, the Sesame Street many ofus grew up with and loved will be no

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more. CBC will replace the childhood standard with anew

_ show: Sesame Park.

It will feature the Cana- dian muppets -- Dodi, Basil, and Louis -- in a park setting. The new show will be entirely Canadian with a few of the old American muppet segments used as filler.

October 21 will mark the first time in nearly thirty years that Sesame Street will not be with us. Our own chil- dren will not grow up with the same characters we learned to

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count with.

Sesame Street was the brainchild of New Jersey tel- evision director Joan Ganz

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Sports

Cooney. In 1966 a report showed that preschool children in the United States were watching 27 hours of televi- sion a week. Cooney reasoned that if young children were going to spend so muchtime in front of the television,it only made sense to attempt to edu- cate them.

Cooney decided to cre- ate the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) and began researching their idea of an

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Students Object to Building Fund Donation

Main. These students did not get todirectly benefit from their donations; however, UPEI stu- dents today do benefit.

Cathy Gillan also stated, "Getting a donation from the students was really important, because that lead the way for Faculty, Staffand Alumni". If students are now demanding their money back, then how will this affect the attitude of potential donators?

Many students are claiming that they are annoyed the Student Union hid this do- nation. However, the Student Union did publicize their plan to collect money. They pro- vided information about the amount of the fee and its’ justi- fication in two consecutive is- sues of the Student Newspaper last Spring. They also held a meeting to provide extra infor- mation about the donation, unfortunately, nobody showed. The donation is also listed un- der fees on all registration in- formation.

On March 24, 1996 the Student Union voted to enter into this fund raising agree- ment. "The Student Union has made a commitment to raise $250,000 for the university" stated Chris Burns. But 410 students so far do not want to assist in helping raise this money. Now the Student Un- ion is forced look at other op- tions. Chris Burns admitted, "Student Council has to look seriously at levying the money, instead of asking for the money".

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